Old Photograph of a Coffeehouse along the Chaharbagh
Item
Title
Old Photograph of a Coffeehouse along the Chaharbagh
Description
The photograph depicts one of many coffeehouses located along the Chaharbagh. The coffeehouse spills out onto the street which is a common feature of coffeehouses. It shows many other similarities with the architecture of the coffeehouses located within the Maydan.
Creator
Unknown
Temporal Coverage
ca. early 17th century
Spatial Coverage
Northern section of the Chaharbagh, Isfahan, Iran
Type
Image
Date Created
ca. late 19th century
Source
Farshid Emami, “Coffee Houses, Urban Spaces, and The Formation of a Public Sphere in Safavid Isfahan,” Muqarnas 33 (2016): 191, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26551685.
Contributor
Thomas Crabtree
Rights
Washington, D.C., Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Smithsonian Institution. (Photo: Antoin Sevruguin, ca. 1880)
