Making the beautiful inlaid pearlwork of the Orient, Damascus, Syria – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Making the beautiful inlaid pearlwork of the Orient, Damascus, Syria, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Making the beautiful inlaid pearlwork of the Orient, Damascus, Syria
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This stereograph shows a workshop in Damascus, Syria, where artisans cut and fitted mother-of-pearl into wooden furniture and boxes, a craft the title calls "the beautiful inlaid pearlwork of the Orient." The card is dated December 14, c1903, and was copyrighted by William H. Rau, a Philadelphia photographer who made travel views for home stereoscope viewers. Its subject headings also point to child labor, which was common in workshops of this kind, so the picture offers a glimpse of both a prized craft and the working conditions behind it.
| Created / published | c1903 Dec. 14. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, gelatin silver. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1900-1910.Gelatin silver prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H39505 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5448. Copyright by William H. Rau. Title from item. |
| Subjects | Furniture industry--Syria--Damascus--1900-1910. Child labor--Syria--Damascus--1900-1910. Workshops--Syria--Damascus--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 803 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-147160 |
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