Bookbinding, Lahore, present-day Pakistan, 17th–18th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
17th–18th century
Bookbinding in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1974.370.8), catalogued by the museum's Islamic Art department. The museum dates it 17th–18th century and records its origin as Lahore, present-day Pakistan. The museum records the medium as Brown leather over pasteboard and the dimensions as H. 11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm) W. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm). These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Brown leather over pasteboard
- Dimensions
- H. 11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm) W. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Codices
- Place recorded
- Lahore, present-day Pakistan
Identification
- Met object id
- 455077
- Museum object name
- Bookbinding
- Museum object number
- 1974.370.8
Catalogue references
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