Dressed with distinction
type: CreativeWork
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  alternate name: Clothing and dress
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  alternate name: Textile fabrics
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  alternate name: Clothing and dress--Syria--History--19th century
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  alternate name: Clothing and dress--Syria--History--20th century
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  alternate name: Textile fabrics--Syria--History--19th century
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  alternate name: Textile fabrics--Syria--History--20th century
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126563
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320128630
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320132506
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/330137377
abstract: "A lavishly illustrated collection of Syrian textiles from the turn of the twentieth century. For 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. Dressed with Distinction 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 (abaya), head coverings (hatta), women’s body coverings (carsaf), and jackets (qumbas)."-- Provided by publisher.
author: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310119079
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/311192420
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310119079
language: eng
is part of: Fowler Museum textile series ;
position: no. 15
subject of: Statement
  additional type: lang
  text: In English.
temporal coverage: 1800-1999
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301333400

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property ID: NL-AmRIJ
value: 333400