The Arab chest /
Unwin, Sheila.
The Arab chest / Sheila Unwin ; with a foreword by Terence Clark. - London : Arabian Publishing, 2006. - viii, 134 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-128) and index.
I. THE STORY OF A QUEST -- II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND : Chests and the Arab way of life - The Arab trade network - The Arabs of the Gulf and Oman - Arabs and Persians in East Africa - Europeans and Omanis in East Africa - The rise and fall of the Zanzibari sultanate - Muscat and Oman after 1856 - India and the Mughals - The Europeans in India and the Far East - Dhows and chests: into the 21st century -- III. THE CHESTS : Provenance - The three basic types of chest ; Category 1. Shiraz, Surat and Bombay , Category 2. Malabar , Category 3. Shisham - Construction - Timber - Metalwork - Detailed classification ; Shiraz , Surat , Bombay , Malabar , Shisham , Makran , The Gulf and Oman , East Africa , Cash boxes -- IV. ORIGINS AND AGE : Design origins ; The Far East , The Portuguese , The Dutch , The Company era , Age -- APPENDICES : 1. Cleaning - 2. Repairs - 3. Some Arabic/Swahili equivalents -- MAPS : East Africa - The Indian Ocean showing the monsoon seasons - The Far East.
9780954479268
Chests--Arabian Peninsula.
Cabinetwork--Arabian Peninsula.
Arabian Peninsula--History.
NK2725 / .U59 2006
The Arab chest / Sheila Unwin ; with a foreword by Terence Clark. - London : Arabian Publishing, 2006. - viii, 134 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-128) and index.
I. THE STORY OF A QUEST -- II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND : Chests and the Arab way of life - The Arab trade network - The Arabs of the Gulf and Oman - Arabs and Persians in East Africa - Europeans and Omanis in East Africa - The rise and fall of the Zanzibari sultanate - Muscat and Oman after 1856 - India and the Mughals - The Europeans in India and the Far East - Dhows and chests: into the 21st century -- III. THE CHESTS : Provenance - The three basic types of chest ; Category 1. Shiraz, Surat and Bombay , Category 2. Malabar , Category 3. Shisham - Construction - Timber - Metalwork - Detailed classification ; Shiraz , Surat , Bombay , Malabar , Shisham , Makran , The Gulf and Oman , East Africa , Cash boxes -- IV. ORIGINS AND AGE : Design origins ; The Far East , The Portuguese , The Dutch , The Company era , Age -- APPENDICES : 1. Cleaning - 2. Repairs - 3. Some Arabic/Swahili equivalents -- MAPS : East Africa - The Indian Ocean showing the monsoon seasons - The Far East.
9780954479268
Chests--Arabian Peninsula.
Cabinetwork--Arabian Peninsula.
Arabian Peninsula--History.
NK2725 / .U59 2006