A display of antique carved wooden chairs and a matching bench, cordoned off by brass stanchions and a velvet rope, inside a paneled wooden room at the Gayer-Anderson Museum (Bayt al-Kritliyya) in Old Cairo. Mashrabiya (مشربية) lattice windows filter natural light into the room, highlighting the ornate woodwork of the period furniture. The Gayer-Anderson Museum is a preserved 16th–17th century Islamic-era house adjacent to the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, showcasing traditional Cairene domestic architecture and decorative arts.