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Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890 : Intercultural Engagements with Architecture and Craft in the Age of Travel and Reform / Mercedes Volait.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Volait, Mercedes, author.
- Series:
- Leiden studies in Islam and society ; Volume 12.
- Leiden Studies in Islam and Society Series ; Volume 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antiques business--Egypt--Cairo--History--19th century.
- Antiques business.
- Antiques business--Syria--Damascus--History--19th century.
- Antiques in interior decoration--History--19th century.
- Antiques in interior decoration.
- Cultural property--Middle East.
- Cultural property.
- Islamic decorative arts--Collectors and collecting--History--19th century.
- Islamic decorative arts.
- Salvage (Waste, etc.) in interior decoration--History--19th century.
- Salvage (Waste, etc.) in interior decoration.
- Middle East--Antiquities.
- Middle East.
- Turkey--History--Tanzimat, 1839-1876.
- Turkey.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 283 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Brill 2021
- Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2021]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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. Readership: All interested in tangible heritage in Cairo and Damascus, visual Orientalism (including photography), Islamic art collecting, and anyone concerned with commodification and intercultural contact zones.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- Description based on print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-44988-4
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
- Unrestricted online access
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