Damascus Room, dated 1119 1707, From Syria, Damascus, Wood (poplar) with gesso relief, gold and tin leaf, glazes and

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Damascus Room, dated 1119 1707, From Syria, Damascus, Wood (poplar) with gesso relief, gold and tin leaf, glazes and paint; wood (cypress, poplar, and mulberry), mother-of-pearl, marble and other stones, stucco with glass, plaster ceramic tiles, iron, brass, H. 22 ft. 1/2 in. x 16 ft. 8 1/2 in. ( x cm), D. from inside front entrance to back wall 26 ft. 4 3/4 in. ( cm), Wood, The Damascus Room is a residential winter reception chamber (qa'a) typical of the late Ottoman period in Damascus, Syria. Among the earliest extant, nearly complete interiors of its kind, the room’s large scale and refined decoration suggest that it was part of the house of an important, affluent family

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