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Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Honolulu, Hawai‘i. (Photo: David Franzen, 2009.)
Gilded Polychrome Wooden Arch with Wheat Motif
Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Honolulu, Hawai‘i. (Photo: David Franzen, 2009.)
Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Honolulu, Hawai‘i. (Photo: David Franzen, 2009.)
Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Honolulu, Hawai‘i. (Photo: David Franzen, 2009.)

Gilded Polychrome Wooden Arch with Wheat Motif

Date19th century
PeriodOttoman
MediumWood, polychrome pigments
ClassificationsWoodwork
Object number64.6.20a-b
DescriptionThis pair of arches, located within the qa’a of the Ottoman gallery, are decorated with symmetrical stalks of gilded wheat. A naturalistic style of ornamentation evolved in Istanbul in the 1700s when Ottoman artists were especially influenced by the Baroque and Rococo styles of Europe.
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