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Dress for the body, body for the dress : when Islamic and Western styles meet / from Stibbert Museum, Florence Italy 29 June - 30 September 2000 at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Jalan Lembah Perdana 50480 Kuala Lumpur ; directors: Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti, Syed Mohamad Albukhary ; curator: Roberta Orsi Landini with the collaboration of Susanne E.L. Probst ; English translation by Heather Mackay Roberts with Ursula Creagh and Jane Fox.

Title
Dress for the body, body for the dress : when Islamic and Western styles meet / from Stibbert Museum, Florence Italy 29 June - 30 September 2000 at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Jalan Lembah Perdana 50480 Kuala Lumpur ; directors: Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti, Syed Mohamad Albukhary ; curator: Roberta Orsi Landini with the collaboration of Susanne E.L. Probst ; English translation by Heather Mackay Roberts with Ursula Creagh and Jane Fox.
Publication
Kuala Lumpur : Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, [2000]

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Additional Authors
  • Piacenti Aschengreen, Cristina
  • Albukhary, Syed Mohamad.
  • Orsi Landini, Roberta
  • Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
  • Museo Stibbert
Description
129 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 31 cm.
Uniform Title
Abito per il corpo : il corpo per l'abito : Islam e Occidente a confronto. English.
Subject
  • 1700-1799
  • Costume > Italy > History > 18th century > Exhibitions
  • Costume > France > History > 18th century > Exhibitions
  • Islamic clothing and dress > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-129).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Dress for the body, body for the dress / Roberta Orsi Landini -- The alternative face of fashion : metallic dress in Europe and Islamic culture / Susanne E.L. Probst -- Believer or non-believer -- Western dress, the armoured body -- From the field of battle to civilian life : leather clothing -- Men's dress, the invention of the tailored shape -- The woman's cuirass : from outer to under wear -- The costume of the Islamic peoples : simple shapes and splendid materials -- The closing of the circle : the westernization of Islamic dress.
ISBN
983403850X
OCLC
  • 51102600
  • SCSB-10497369
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library