IDNO

P.52905.RDG

Description

Interior of the Tomb of Saadiens, a seventeenth century Moslem family tomb decorated with Moorish ornamental work of interlacing and interweaving geometric arabesques. A large stone casket is set into the floor in foreground.

Place

N Africa; Morocco; Marrakech

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Reunis, Levy and Neurdein

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

post 1919

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

Format

Postcard

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.52889.RDG to P.52908.RDG came from envelope now numbered C235/3/ which was found inside envelope C235/. The latter
came from wooden drawer I.

Photographer: The separate companies of Levy and Neurdein Reunis merged in 1919, thus giving a date for the production of the postcard. [JD 13/10/2006]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 16/10/2006]