Title: Veiling architecture : decoration of domestic buildings in Upper Egypt, 1672-1950 /
Authors: Abdel-Gawad, Ahmed.
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Decoration and ornament Egypt.; Architecture, Domestic Egypt.; Decoration and ornament, Architectural Egypt.
Abstract: Using photographs and architectural drawings Ahmed Abdel-Gawad presents a wide range of the exuberant, intricate, and largely unknown designs of surviving domestic buildings from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries in the Nile Valley and desert oases south of Cairo.
Contents: Introduction -- The plates -- Appendices of decorative elements -- Glossary.