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Aleppo Room's ornate woodwork belongs to Wakil House (Arabic: بيت وكيل / ALA-LC: Beit Wakil) in Al-Jdayde historic district in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The wood paneling covered the walls of the oldest hall in the house. Further, the inscriptions that was found written on them date them back to the year (Hegira 1009 or 1012 / AD 1600–01 or 1603). According to this, these paintings are the oldest Syrian art from this category that still exist today. In addition, the importance of the drawings is due to their unique value; plant motifs usually dominate the scenes in such paintings, but on the contrary, the drawings of the Aleppo Room are images of people and various scenes that also include animals.
Arabic Aleppo ALA-LC Hegira Beit Wakil paneling Syria Al-Jdayde