{"product_id":"dressed-with-distinction-gillian-vogelsang-eastwood-9780990762690","title":"Dressed with Distinction: Garments from Ottoman Syria","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA lavishly illustrated collection of Syrian textiles from the turn of the twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0990762696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780990762690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.80h x 8.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995292270847,"sku":"9780990762690","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eb474a8b-9789-426e-909a-309d49c8b097.jpg?v=1683334983","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dressed-with-distinction-gillian-vogelsang-eastwood-9780990762690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}