Pair of DoorsThis pair of doors once belonged to a minbar and most probably came from the base of its stairs.[1] An elaborate geometric design centered on twelve-pointed stars arranged in staggered rows decorates the front of the doors, which are constructed of rosewood
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Purchased from Eustache de Lorey, Paris, 1934; continuously exhibited and frequently published since that time; included in interational exhibition Cleopatra’s Egypt, Brooklyn and Munich, 1988, and La Gloire d’Alexandrie, Paris 1998
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Between 1878 and 1895, acquired by Julien Gréau; before 1903, acquired by John Pierpont Morgan (as part of the Gréau glass collection); until 1913, collection of John Pierpont Morgan, New York; 1913-1917, estate of J
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Marking: 1) (on nameboard) Loud & Brothers/Philadelphia;2) (in ink on back of soundboard) William Moore/Philadelphia/Jany 29th 1831./No 477 [and again in another hand] 477;3) (stamped on top key) T
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From the north nave of the former Carmelite church at Boppard-am-Rhein in Rheinland-Pflaz (Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis), near Koblenz, Germany; Count Hermann Pückler, Muskau (from 1818) ; [ Frédéric Spitzer Austrian, Paris (from at least 1875-1893)] ; his posthumous sale, Chevallier & Mannheim, Paris (April 17–June 16, 1893, nos
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Said to have been found in Rome; Mme. Edouard Warneck, Paris (sold Hôtel Drouot, June 13-16, 1905); [ Arthur Sambon, Paris (in 1914 but remained with him until at least 1928 (?))]; his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris (May 25-28, 1914, no
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Segredakis]; [1930-1947, with Joseph Brummer, New York (P7155)]; May 27, 1947, acquired
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