Unknown Iranian Artist
Book Covers with Floral Decoration
1832
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Unknown Iranian Artist
Book Covers with Floral Decoration
1832
Physical Qualities
Pigments and varnish on molded pressed paper or paper pulp and paste, 7 × 4 1/2 in. (17.8 × 11.4 cm.) (each panel)
Credit Line
Gift of Saidie A. May
Object Number
1932.56.6
Skilled bookbinders applied many layers of varnish on a substrate of paper and paste to construct protective covers for books, cases for reed pens, or decorative boxes.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1932; Saidie A. May
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Art Across Asia: West Asian Connections," July 19, 2017-October 19, 2019
Artist
Unknown Iranian Artist
