Bookbinding for a Qur'an
1460–1500
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Bookbinding for a Qur'an, 1460–1500. Turkey, Istanbul, Ottoman period, 15th century. Leather over paper pasteboards; outer cover tooled, blue paint; inner covers openwork designs over colored papers; overall: 36 x 81.6 cm (14 3/16 x 32 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.495
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Book Binding
- Formatted Medium
- leather over paper pasteboards; outer cover tooled, blue paint; inner covers openwork designs over colored papers
- Medium
- leather, over, paper, pasteboards, outer, cover, tooled, blue, paint, inner, covers, openwork, designs, colored, papers
- Dimensions
- Overall: 36 x 81.6 cm (14 3/16 x 32 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1944.495
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Islamic Art, Art: The International Language
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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