[MR] Silks, Metalwork and Art from the Ottoman Empire...

[Elaine Koogler]

atlantia-request at atlantia.sca.org wrote:

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>Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:42:13 -0500
>From: Trephina la Broderesse <trephina at gmail.com>
>Subject: [MR] FWD: Silks,	Metalwork and Art from the Ottoman Empire
>	Now at the Smithsonian
>To: Merry Rose <Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>, 	Windmasters Hill
>	<keep at windmastershill.org>
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>This was posted on another list.  Since it is in DC I thought people
>going to KWAR or other events in the area - or those who live in the
>area - might be interested.
>
>YIS,
>Tr?phina
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>The weekend before Atenveldt and Gleann Abhann's coronations, the first-ever
>international exhibition devoted to imperial Turkish robes, or kaftans,
>dating to the 16th-17th centuries, opened at the Smithsonian Institute's
>Sackler Gallery. The display, which opened October 29, will run through
>January 22.
>
>Entitled "Style and Status: Imperial Costumes from Ottoman Turkey," the
>display features 68 objects, including a set of imperial clothing from the
>Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, Turkey, the largest repository of Islamic
>textiles in the world. Some of these robes were worn by Sultan Selim
>(reigned 1512-20), Sultan Suleyman (reigned 1520-66) and his son Bayazid
>(executed 1561). Also on display are ecclesiastical copes and chausables,
>hats, trousers, cushions, floor coverings and "several large, inscribed
>textiles," ranging from silks to velvets.
>
>See: http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/StyleStatus.htm.
>
>Concurrently, a second display at the Sackler Gallery, "Fountains of Light:
>Islamic Metalwork from the Nuhad Es-Said Collection," is also on display,
>and will continue indefinitely. This display features 27 "inlaid brass,
>bronze and steel objects dating from the 10th-19th centuries" from
>Afghanistan, Anatolia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Uzbekistan from one of
>the finest collections of Islamic metalwork in private hands in the world.
>
>See: http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/fountainsLight.htm.
>
>The third display is "Arts of the Islamic World," which also runs
>indefinitely at the Greer Gallery. It features "the three principal media
>for artistic expression in the Islamic world: architecture (both religious
>and secular), the arts of the book (calligraphy, illustration, illumination,
>and bookbinding), and the arts of the object (ceramics, metalwork, glass,
>woodwork, textiles, and ivory)" and range from the 9th-17th centuries and
>represent Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, North Africa, Syria, Turkey and
>Uzbekistan.
>
>See: http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/artsofIslamic.htm.
>
>These three sumptuous displays are in addition to the Sackler & Greer's
>regular collection of over 2,200 items dating from the 9th-20th centuries,
>including: Ceramics from the 9th-13th centuries; Egyptian and Syrian
>metalwork from the 13th century; A collection of 9th-19th century Korans
>(intact volumes and detached folios); 14th century Syrian glass; and a
>collection of illustrated and illuminated manuscripts, including the Divan
>(collected poems) of Sultan Ahmad Jalayir, ca. 1400; Haft Awrang (Seven
>Thrones) by Jami, dated 1556-66; and six illustrations from the 14th-century
>Mongol Shahnama (Book of Kings), one of the most important illustrated texts
>of the Islamic world.
>
>See: http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/islamicHome.htm.
>
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And...it would be wonderful inspiration and help for those who might be 
thinking about coming to Dun Carraig's Middle Eastern event in 
February.  No, it's not on the calendar yet, but it is happening...it 
will be in Largo, MD, and will be a garden of Middle Eastern Delights.  
We're all very excited that this exhibition is coming to the area so 
close to our event.  (I'll be cooking it, and am planning all sorts of 
wonderful dishes...and may have the assistance of an expert in the field 
from the Midrealm!)

Kiri