Michel Écochard compiled a
series of albums, some on particular projects or work themes, others more
focused on particular places. Attached to the Service des antiquités in Syria
in 1932, he managed a range of restoration projects of Islamic monuments in Damascus
in the 1930s and 1940s. This album, the second part of two on Damascus, is a
visual representation of Écochard’s restoration work on monuments in Damascus
in 1939, 1940 and 1941. The album begins with a handwritten list of restorations and comprises 51 pages.
Source: Aga Khan Trust for Culture
