ISBN:
9789004449886
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9004449884
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Leiden studies in Islam and society volume 12
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Volait, Mercedes Antique dealing and creative reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890
Keywords:
Antiques business History 19th century
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Antiques business History 19th century
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Islamic decorative arts Collectors and collecting 19th century
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History
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Antiques in interior decoration History 19th century
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Salvage (Waste, etc.) in interior decoration History 19th century
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Cultural property
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Antiques business
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Antiques in interior decoration
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Antiquities
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Cultural property
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Salvage (Waste, etc.) in interior decoration
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HISTORY / Middle East / General
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History
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Middle East Antiquities
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Turkey History Tanzimat, 1839-1876
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Egypt ; Cairo
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Middle East
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Syria ; Damascus
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Turkey
Abstract:
Early shows and sales of Islamic antiques in Paris -- Expanding trades in late Ottoman Cairo and Damascus -- Conflicted commodification in Cairo -- Fashioning immersive displays in Egypt and beyond -- Guise and disguise before and during the Tanzimat.
Abstract:
"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, London, and beyond, uncovers the range of agencies and subjectivities involved in the trade of architectural salvage and historic handicraft, and traces impacts on private interiors, through creative reuse and Revival design, in Egypt, Europe and America. By devoting attention to both local and global engagements with Middle Eastern tangible heritage, the present volume invites to look anew at Orientalism in art and interior design, the canon of Islamic architecture and the translocation of historic works of art"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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