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Émile Prisse d'Avennes - Arabesques ; petit tapis velouté (XIVe. siècle)

Arabesques ; petit tapis velouté (XIVe. siècle) (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)
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The Artist died in 1879 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer.
Émile Prisse d'Avennes
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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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Mosquée d’El-Bordeyny; détails de mosaïques murales (XVIIe. siècle) (1877)

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Mosquée d’El-Bordeyny; détails du grand plafond (1877)

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Mosquée d’El-Bordeyny; développement de la mosaïque du mihrab (1877)

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Mosquée d’El-Bordeyny; plafond & frise du dekké (1877)

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Mosquée d’Olgây el-Youçoufy; porte extérieure (XIVe. siècle) (1877)

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Mosquée sépulcrale du soultan Barqouq, détails du mimbar (XIVe. siècle) (1877)

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Ornementation d’un Qorân de la mosquée de Qeyçoun (XIVe. siècle) (1877)

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Parallèle de dômes (1877)

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Parallèle de minarets; M. Naçeriyéy; M. El-Bordeyny (XVe. & XVIIe. siècles) (1877)

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Scènes diverses, tirées des Séances de Hariry (XIIIe. siècle) (1877)

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Séances de Hariry; encadrement du frontispice (XIIIe. siècle) (1877)

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Spécimens de plafonds; dispositions d’octogones étoilés (1877)

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Tombeau du soultan Qansou el-Ghoury. Lambris en marbre XVIe. siècle) (1877)

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Tombeau du soultan Qansou el-Ghoury; porte intérieure (XVIe. siècle) (1877)

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Un chalet; illustrations des Séances de Hariry (XIIIe. siècle) (1877)

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Une caravan en marche; illustrations des Séances de Hariry (XIIIe. siècle) (1877)

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Vase en verre émaillé (XVIe. siècle) (1877)

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Maison Sidi Youçouf Adami; salon supérieur (1877)

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Mimbar de la mosquée d’El Nesfy-Qeyçoun (XIVe. siècle); 4 (1877)

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Farm near Duivendrecht (c. 1916)

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