"Style and Status: Imperial Costumes from Ottoman Turkey
October 29, 2005–January 22, 2006
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Distinguished by their remarkably bold designs, breathtaking colors and technical complexity, Ottoman imperial silks are considered to be among the most extraordinary works of art from the Islamic world. This exhibition for the first time ever presents approximately 66 of the world's finest and most luxurious Ottoman royal textiles from the collections of the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, the Kremlin Armory, Moscow and other national and international collections. Fashioned into clothing, furnishings and movable architecture, such as tent hangings and floor covers, silk textiles denoted rank and privilege and played important economic, political and a ceremonial roles in the life of the Ottoman Empire (1342–1924). "
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