Innovation of techniques in ‘Ajami as painted wooden wall panelling for living spaces of Syrian houses

• Main Authors: Baydoun, Ziad, Kamarudin, Zumahiran, Sami al-Obeidy, Musaab
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of International Academic Research For Multidisciplinary 2017
• Subjects: NA2835 Details and decoration
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/62754/1/62754_INNOVATION%20OF%20TECHNIQUES%20IN%20%E2%80%98AJAMI.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/62754/; http://www.jiarm.com/JUNE2017/paper30682
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Technique of painted wood paneling in the art and craft of Ajami has been popularly practiced in the seventeenth to late eighteenth century especially during the Ottoman period. ‘Ajami is used to describe the technique of painted wooden wall panel as well as the interior as a whole. Nowadays, it...