Tile panel: C.3-1928

Current Location: Gallery 33

Maker(s)

Entities

Description

Fritware, mould made, painted in blue and green with touches of turquoise and black outlines, all under a clear glaze
Shape: rectangular panel comprising six, roughly square, tiles arranged in rows of two, enclosed by an ebonised wood frame
Upper surface: all decoration is reserved in blue. A repeating pattern of double-handled vases decorated with an arabesque and containing a floral spray is bisected by each tile edge. One quarter of a floral wreath and rosette occupies each corner of the tiles, forming a complete circle or flower head at the centre of the assembled panel.
Lower surface: not visible due to mounting on wall.

Notes

History note: Willaim Morris; Morris & Co.

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 76 cm
Width: 50 cm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Place(s) associated

Damascus ⪼ Syria ⪼ Levant

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1928-06-04) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

Mid 16th-17th Century
Circa 1550 CE - Circa 1699 CE

Note

Syrian, Damascus

School or Style

Ottoman

Components of the work

Decoration composed of glaze ( clear) slip ( white)
Frame composed of ebonized wood Width 3.5 cm
Tile - Top Right Height 23.2 cm Width 19 cm
Tile - Bottom Left Height 23.5 cm Width 23.7 cm
Tile - Middle Left Height 23.5 cm Width 23.7 cm
Tile - Bottom Right Height 23.7 cm Width 18.5 cm
Tile - Middle Right Height 24 cm Width 19 cm
Tile - Top Left Height 24 cm Width 23.8 cm
Upper Surface

Materials used in production

Fritware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Fritware, mould made, painted in blue and green with touches of turquoise and black outlines, all under a clear glaze

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Inscribed in gold lettering

Text: GIVEN BY THE FRIENDS OF THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM, 1928 / PANEL OF DAMASCUS TILES, 17TH CENTURY
Location: On frame
Method of creation: Stencilled
Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Twentieth Annual Report, 1928 page(s): pp. 1, 3
The Art of the Islamic Tile

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3-1928
Primary reference Number: 17533
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 9 December 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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