Antique dealing and creative reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890 : intercultural engagements with architecture and craft in the age of travel and reform

Antique dealing and creative reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890 : intercultural engagements with architecture and craft in the age of travel and reform /

"The commodification of Islamic antiques intensified in the late Ottoman Empire, an age of domestic reform and increased European interference following the Tanzimat (reorganisation) of 1839. Mercedes Volait examines the social life of typical objects moving from Cairo and Damascus to Paris, Lo...

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Main Author: Volait, Mercedes (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:Leiden studies in Islam and society, volume 12
Subjects:
Antiques business > Egypt > Cairo > History > 19th century.
Antiques business > Syria > Damascus > History > 19th century.
Islamic decorative arts > Collectors and collecting > History > 19th century.
Antiques in interior decoration > History > 19th century.
Salvage (Waste, etc.) in interior decoration > History > 19th century.
Cultural property > Middle East.
Middle East > Antiquities.
Turkey > History > Tanzimat, 1839-1876.
Electronic books.
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