Abstract
ABSTRACT The restoration of the early twentieth-century Villa Cāsdaglī in the Garden City area of downtown Cairo near Tahrir Square is a comprehensive project begun by the Centre for the Conservation of Islamic Architectural Heritage under the direction of the author. The assessment and study of materials described in this article was a painstaking effort of more than three years and involved laboratory tests and examination of many different materials, including textiles, wooden furniture and woodwork, marble decoration, tiles, paintings, chandeliers, mirrors, and sculptures. This opulent structure in Simon Bolivar Square was earmarked to become the Institute of Museology to train curatorial staff in the care of collections. Sadly, in the first three months of 2013, the villa was looted and many of its beautiful decorations and furnishings were dismantled or destroyed. In spite of this, the Supreme Council for the Antiquities of Egypt, now the Ministry of State for Antiquities, recently made a commitment to restore the villa following the original plan.
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