Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890 : Intercultural Engagements with Architecture and Craft in the Age of Travel and Reform /

Name: Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890 : Intercultural Engagements with Architecture and Craft in the Age of Travel and Reform /
Author: Volait, Mercedes(Author)

Title	Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890 : Intercultural Engagements with Architecture and Craft in the Age of Travel and Reform /
Author	Volait, Mercedes(Author)
Publication Date:	2021
Publication Place	Leiden; Boston - BRILL
Subject	Antiques business > Egypt > Cairo > History > 19th century. \| Antiques business > Syria > Damascus > History > 19th century. \| Antiques in interior decoration > History > 19th century. \| Cultural property > Middle East. \| Islamic decorative arts > Collectors and collecting > History > 19th century. \| Salvage (Waste, etc.) in interior decoration > History > 19th century. \| Middle East > Antiquities. \| Turkey > History > Tanzimat, 1839-1876.
Type	Book
Language	English
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource.
Library:	American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE
Library Asset ID	Unknown
Record ID	40213
Library Location	ARCE Library
Date	2021
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index. \| "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"--
Sample Text	"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"--
Seri	Leiden Studies in Islam and Society ;12.Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441286.

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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 /

Author Volait, Mercedes(Author)

Publication Date 2021

Publication Place Leiden; Boston - BRILL

Subject Antiques business > Egypt > Cairo > History > 19th century. | Antiques business > Syria > Damascus > History > 19th century. | Antiques in interior decoration > History > 19th century. | Cultural property > Middle East. | Islamic decorative arts > Collectors and collecting > History > 19th century. | Salvage (Waste, etc.) in interior decoration > History > 19th century. | Middle East > Antiquities. | Turkey > History > Tanzimat, 1839-1876.

Type Book

Language English

Digital No

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource.

Library American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE

Library Asset ID Unknown

Record ID 40213

Library Location ARCE Library

Date 2021

Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. | "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"--

Sample Text "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"--

Seri Leiden Studies in Islam and Society ;12.Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441286.