{"product_id":"veiling-architecture-decoration-of-domestic-buildings-in-upper-egypt-1672-1950-paperback","title":"Veiling Architecture: Decoration of Domestic Buildings in Upper Egypt 1672-1950 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAhmed Abdel-Gawad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Nile Valley and desert oases south of Cairo--Upper Egypt--surviving domestic buildings from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries demonstrate a unique and varied strand of traditional decoration. Intricate patterns in wood, iron, or plaster adorn doorways, balconies, windows, and rooflines in towns and villages throughout the region. One of the most distinctive cultural features of these traditional homes is the decorated wooden balcony-screen--with jigsaw-cut patterns often based on creative repetitions, inversions, and mirrorings of the Arabic letter waw--which was designed to veil the residents from public view while allowing them to take the air and watch the outside world go by. Here, Ahmed Abdel-Gawad presents a wide range of these exuberant and largely unknown designs, in both photographs and detailed architectural drawings, for the use and appreciation of designers, decorators, artists, and lovers of vernacular architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAhmed Abdel-Gawad\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor in the faculty of veterinary medicine at Cairo University and also holds a degree in Islamic architecture from Cairo University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eEnter in Peace: The Doorways of Cairo Homes, 1872-1950\u003c\/em\u003e (AUC Press in 2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.3 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48168111341789,"sku":"9789774164873","price":37.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/uz5FrOiO609789774164873.webp?v=1784251753","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/veiling-architecture-decoration-of-domestic-buildings-in-upper-egypt-1672-1950-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}