Bookbinding — Detached binding, Turkey, 19th century

Bookbinding — Detached binding, Turkey, 19th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: Detached upper cover of a bookbinding, Turkey, 19th century.. Museum description: The dark brown leather panel is decorated with a block-stamped gilt lobed mandorla with pendants tapering to a rhomboid motif on the vertical axis; the mandorla and the cornerpieces of the board are decorated with interlacing palmettes; the doublure with a similar design with filigree work against a blue paper ground. The museum record gives material recorded as pasteboard, leather; measurements Height 255 mm; Width 140 mm; place associated: Turkey. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.