Abstract
The Aleppo Room, with exceptionally delicate figurative and ornamental painting, is the oldest surviving interior in this vein from the Ottoman Empire. The panelling is signed by a Persian painter and dated by inscriptions to 1600–1603. This reception room, Qa'a in Arabic, derives from the Wakil house in Aleppo. Its original architectural context is well researched and documented: new research on contemporary sources has now been carried out. Since the Aleppo Room came into the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin in 1912, the panels have been displayed in various forms. Its fate in World War II as well as its conservation history affect the present appearance of the room. These changes in presentation are discussed, and related to plans for an exhibition in the Pergamon Museum, following its reorganization. The challenge is to find solutions to the conflict between preventive conservation requirements and the opening of the Aleppo Room to the general public.
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