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  Title

  Symbols of power : luxury textiles from Islamic lands, 7th-21st century

  Author

  Mackie, Louise W.,  

  Publisher:

  Cleveland Museum of Art,

  Pub date:

  2015

  Pages:

  517 pages :

  ISBN:

  9780300206098

  Item info:

  4 copies available at MIA.
  

  • Holdings

    Holdings

    MIA	Copies	Material	Location
    NK8808.9 .M33 2015	1	Book	Public Reading Room
    	Note: MIA Object Numbera: TE.201.- image 8.34 (p.317-319); TE.40.2002.5 - image 6.8 :(p. 222–224)
    	1	Book	Curatorial Office
    	1	Book	Public Reading Room
    	Note: MIA Object Numbers: TE.201.- image 8.34 (p.317-319); TE.40.2002.5; TE.40.2002.6; TE.40.2002.7 - image 6.8 :(p. 222–224)
    	1	Book	Scholar's Collection

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  Symbols of power : luxury textiles from Islamic lands, 7th-21st century
  Mackie, Louise W.,
  

  Fixed field data:

  150406t20152015ohuab bc 001 0 eng c

  ISBN:

  9780300206098 (hardcover)

  LC Call Number:

  NK8808.9 .M33 2015

  Personal Author:

  Mackie, Louise W.,

  Title:

  Symbols of power : luxury textiles from Islamic lands, 7th-21st century / Louise W. Mackie.

  Portion of title:

  Luxury textiles from Islamic lands, 7th-21st century

  Publication info:

  Cleveland, OH : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015

  Physical description:

  517 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 33 cm.

  General Note:

  Objects Number: TE.201.- image 8.34 :pages 317-319; TE.40.2002.5; TE.40.2002.6; TE.40.2002.7 - image 6.8 :pages 222–224.

  Bibliography note:

  Includes bibliographical references (pages 498-503) and index.

  Contents:

  Textile power, industry, and characteristics -- Early textiles, 650-1100 -- Tiraz, 800-1150 -- Silk splendor, 950-1300 -- Islamic Spain, 940-1492 -- Mongol Iran and Iraq, 1256-1353 -- Mamluk Egypt and Syria, 1250-1517 -- Ottoman Turkey, 1453-1924 -- Iran and Central Asia, 1501-1925 -- Mughal India, 1526-1858 -- Modern era, 1840-2010 -- Appendix: Arabic inscriptions -- Textile glossary -- Concordance.

  Summary:

  For centuries, luxury textiles were symbols of status, wealth and power at Islamic imperial courts from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, setting standards for beauty and fueling prosperous, urban economies. This book offers an unparalleled examination of Islamic luxury textiles, drawn from the Cleveland Museum of Art's exemplary collection as well as from museums on four continents. Leading scholar Louise W. Mackie offers a generous overview of the cultural significance of these textiles, as well as descriptions of primary motifs and patterns, and explanations of various techniques used in their production. With singular insight into distinctive artistic characteristics of wealthy dynasties and periods, the text - complemented by more than 450 sumptuous illustrations - pinpoints luxury textiles as a vital link between art, culture and history of the Islamic world. This book offers a much needed contribution to scholarship on both textiles and Islamic art, and paves the way for further study and appreciation of these objects.

  Held by:

  MIA

  Subject term:

  Islamic textile fabrics--History--Catalogs.



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