{"product_id":"9789774164873","title":"Veiling Architecture: Decoration of Domestic Buildings in Upper Egypt 1672-1950","description":"\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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.\u003cbr\u003eHere, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American University in Cairo Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038809309424,"sku":"9789774164873","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789774164873_p0.jpg?v=1763688681","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789774164873","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}