Category: Asia

Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.

Turkish nomad carpets, Smyrna, carpet, Ottoman empire

Turkish nomad carpets made by nomad tribes throughout the Ottoman empire, known generally as Smyrna carpets. The women mostly working on them in winter.

Textil Art from India. Embroidered Bobinet Scarf, 19th c.

4/28/19

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Bobinet, Scarf, India, Textil, Art, Design, India

Embroidered Bobinet Scarf from Delphi, India. Art treasures of the United Kingdom from the Art Treasures Exhibition 1858.

Metallic Art. Weapons and armament from India, 17th c.

4/28/19

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armor, weapons, Battle axe, Damascus steel,

Mughal Empire. Indian Helmet, shield and swords.
The Proberty of the East India Company. Battle axe and Martel with Sheath.

Textil Art from India. Design for a shawl.

4/13/19

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India, Textile, Art, Design, shawl, traditional, Moghul,

Fac-simile of a portion of a native Indian drawing. Design for a shawl. Museum of the East India Company. Source: Art treasures of the United Kingdom from the Art Treasures… Read More

Indonesian Culture. Fabrics and Weapons of the Malays.

11/4/18

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Malaysia, Indonesia, weapons, textil, fabrics design, ethnic, Kris, John Clark Ridpath,

Indonesian Culture. Fabrics and Weapons of the Malays. The Malay (Orang Melayu) are an ethnic group in Southeast Asia. They belong to the Austronesian ethnic groups and speak the Malay… Read More

FAR-A WAY-MOSES. Jewish type. Dragoman.

10/29/18

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FAR-A WAY-MOSES, Jew, costume, Turkey, Ottoman Empire,

FAR-A WAY-MOSES. (Jew.) “When Mark Twain went through Constantinople he would stop at a shop, and when he looked around for his guide he would see Moses fifty yards ahead,… Read More