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Émile Prisse d'Avennes - Arabesques; applications de découpures en papier (fin du XVIIIe. siècle)

Arabesques; applications de découpures en papier (fin du XVIIIe. siècle) (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)
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Émile Prisse d'Avennes

Achille-Constant-Théodore-Émile Prisse d'Avennes was a French archaeologist, Egyptologist, architect and writer.

Prisse d'Avennes was born in Avesnes-sur-Helpe, France, on 27 January 1807, to a noble family of French origin. After the early death of his father in 1814, on the guidance of his grandfather he enrolled at college a year later to train for a career within the legal profession. Prisse d'Avennes decided to become an archaeologist in 1836 after a period teaching at the infantry school in Damietta.

In 1827 when he reached Egypt, he was hired by the viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, as a civil engineer. He spent many years living as an Egyptian, adopting the name Idriss-effendi, learning to speak Arabic and practicing Islam. He stated that adopting Egyptian culture resulted in a greater understanding of Egyptian society and people.

In 1848, he contributed 30 lithograph images depicting the people living on the Nile Valley to a costume book titled Oriental Album written by James Augustus St. John who was a British author and traveler.

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Arabesques; frontispice & détails d’un Qorân arabe (XVIIe. siècle); 1 (1877)

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Sculpture; statue de la reine Aménéritès (Musée du Kaire)

Sculpture; statue de la reine Aménéritès (Musée du Kaire) (1878)

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Arabesques; ornementation d’un Qoran du tombeau de soultan el-Ghoury (XVIe. siècle); 2 (1877)

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Arabesques; heurtoirs et tirants de portes de diverses époques

Arabesques; heurtoirs et tirants de portes de diverses époques (1877)

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Arabesques; faïences murales; du tékyeh des derwiches (XVIIe. siècle)

Arabesques; faïences murales; du tékyeh des derwiches (XVIIe. siècle) (1877)

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Arabesques; lambris du tombeau de Barsabay, détails des mosaïques

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