This item has been added to the Database within the Explore Islamic Art Collections project. Information is available in:English, German, Arabic. Name of Object:Boot Location:Vienna, Austria Holding Museum:Kunsthistorisches Museum About Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Date of Object:Hegira 10th century / AD 16th century Museum Inventory Number:KK_5387 Material(s) / Technique(s):Leather, gold, bronze, silver Dimensions:Height: 60cm Period / Dynasty:Ottoman Provenance:Turkey? Description:The leg of each boot is decorated with floral and geometrical designs cut into the leather and then pressed up or out from the inside to appear in relief like repoussé work. Dyed dark brown, these details are set off by the punched yellow-brown leather of the boots. How date and origin were established:Arthistorical and historical analysis, archival and inventory research How Object was obtained:Collection Ambras Castle How provenance was established:Probably Ambras Castle AD 1596; 1875 Ambr. Sammlg., XV, 78a, S. 320; 1869 aus Ambras (Verz. d. Tauschobjekte Nr. 64) Selected bibliography:Sandbichler, Veronika, Türkische Kostbarkeiten aus dem Kunsthistorischen Museum Wien, exh. cat., Wien: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1997. Citation of this web page:Veronika Sandbichler, Thomas Kuster "Boot" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus22;36;en Prepared by: Veronika Sandbichler, Thomas Kuster
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