Rectangular stucco and glass window with geometric ornamentation composed of eight-pointed stars. The stars are symmetrically arranged and form a continuous, interlaced grid. The main field is surrounded by a broad frame with interlaced ribbon ornament. In addition, there are two narrow bands with floral decoration at the top and bottom of this frame. The area framing the star pattern is not perforated and therefore not backed with coloured glass.

The stucco panel is held in a wooden frame composed of four slats held together by nails at the corners.

Gypsum plaster; colourless glass (some with a greenish tint); coloured glass (two shades of green, two shades of blue, three shades of orange, yellow, two shades of red flashed glass); wood, metal

The front of the window shows continuous, diagonal cracks and losses in the latticework. On the back, there are defects in the thin stucco layer and glass losses along the fissures. The window shows no signs of previous restorations.

The window discussed here has the same design as and dimensions almost identical to those of the stucco and glass window IG_366 held in the same collection. Also, the colours and the layout of the pieces of glass are very similar. We therefore assume that this window is a cast replica of IG_366. Several observations support this hypothesis: the traces of the tools used to cut the stucco lattice that we observed in window IG_366 are absent here. The surfaces of this window are smooth and show characteristics similar to those of other windows that were probably cast (see for instance IG_360, IG_361, IG_365, IG_368). In addition, the frame of the window does not have the diagonal reinforcements on the back that we observed on window IG_366 and on other windows of possible Tunisian origin. Due to the technical differences, we assume that the window was manufactured in Europe, possibly in Austria. The results of the glass analyses provide evidence to support this: one of the yellow pieces of glass is not coloured in the mass, as is usually the case with stucco and glass windows, but painted with silver stain. This silver-based colour has been used in European stained glass since the Middle Ages to colour colourless glass locally in tones ranging from dark orange to bright yellow.

Due to the lack of documentation, the exact origin of the window and the date from which it first entered a museum collection are unknown. So far, we only know that it formed part of the collection of the Orientalisches Museum in Vienna, founded in 1874 (from 1886 the k.k. Österreichisches Handels-Museum). In 1897, Arthur von Scala (1845–1909), the director of the Handels-Museum, left the museum to become the new director of the k.k. Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie (Wieninger, 2012). On his initiative, this and a few other stucco and glass windows were transferred to the k.k. Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie (today MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst) in 1907.