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, London,...
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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| Series: | Leiden Studies in Islam and Society
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| Online Access: | Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication Open Access: DOAB, download the publication |