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This new study characterizes the embroidery by its design as well as geography, examining the motifs and structural characteristics with exquisitely presented new photography. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC, this volume promises to become the definitive reference on the subject.
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Richly embroidered textiles produced from the early seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century in the Aegean and Ionian seas and in the Epirus region of Greece offer a unique window into island societies at the intersection of two worlds: the Latin West and Ottoman East. This book is a study of these textiles, customarily produced for bridal trousseaux and used in domestic life. The book tells a story of the ways that cultural and political history and design are intertwined.
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