{"product_id":"dressed-with-distinction-garments-from-ottoman-syria-paperback","title":"Dressed with Distinction: Garments from Ottoman Syria - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGillian Vogelsang-Eastwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoanna Barrkman\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor hundreds of years, skilled craftspeople in the Syrian centers of Aleppo, Damascus, and Homs produced intricately woven textiles for the royal courts, worldly merchants, and elite Bedouin families of the Ottoman Empire. City dwellers were renowned for wearing brightly colored silk garments that glittered with gold and silver threads. By contrast, nomadic Bedouins wore woolen garments in hues and designs reflecting their desert lifestyle. The allure of these garments stems from the technical virtuosity with which they were woven and the aesthetic beauty of their drape and stylized designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDressed with Distinction\u003c\/i\u003e offers a window onto the history of textile production in the Middle East during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, until political and social changes led to the dominance of Western-style commercially manufactured attire. In addition to articulating the social and seasonal contexts in which the garments were worn, this book examines the styles of dress of women, men, and children in Ottoman Syria, including cloaks (\u003ci\u003eabaya\u003c\/i\u003e), head coverings (\u003ci\u003ehatta\u003c\/i\u003e), women's body coverings (\u003ci\u003ecarsaf\u003c\/i\u003e), and jackets (\u003ci\u003equmbas\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGillian Vogelsang-Eastwood is director of the Textile Research Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands, and author of \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Embroidery from Central Asia: The Iranian Plateau and the Indian Subcontinent\u003c\/i\u003e. Joanna Barrkman is senior curator of Southeast Asian and Pacific Arts at the Fowler Museum at UCLA and author of \u003ci\u003eTextiles of Covalima, Timor-Leste\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 11.8 x 8.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45805875757253,"sku":"9780990762690","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/WjR2OEx5SFAyWkd6WWdMdWdtTWZvUT09.webp?v=1770912934","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/dressed-with-distinction-garments-from-ottoman-syria-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}