The Farjam Collection of Islamic Art
The Farjam Collection is one of the most impressive privately-owned collections in the world today. Featuring Islamic and pre-Islamic art, Contemporary Middle-Eastern art and International Modern and Contemporary Art, the Collection is born…
Smithsonian Metalwork Collection
A collection of metalwork (including Iranian, Egyptian and Syrian objects from the 13th century). The Alhambra Vase | Origin: Spain | Period: late 14th-early 15th century Nasrid period | Details: Mariano Fortuny, the…
Understanding Islamic Metal Technology
by: Sonia Alexandrian “ The use of pen cases of steel has overtaken scribes in our time, both chancery and treasury scribes. They pay extravagant prices for them and beautify them excessively. Brass…
Materials and Mediums – Islamic Art
The decorative arts in Islam are marked by a remarkable degree of stylistic consistency which has been applied to a broad range of materials, each of which had a craft-base of its own,…
Mamluk Sultan
For many centuries, metalwork was a leading art form that influenced decoration in other media. Inlay with gold or silver seems to have become common from the twelfth century, spreading westward from Seljuk…















