Description
Book SynopsisTextiles were the second-most-traded commodity in all of world history, preceded only by grain. In the Ottoman Empire in particular, the sale and exchange of silks, cottons, and woolens generated an immense amount of revenue and touched every level of society, from rural women tending silkworms to pashas flaunting layers of watered camlet to merchants traveling to Mecca and beyond. Sea Change offers the first comprehensive history of the Ottoman textile sector, arguing that the trade's enduring success resulted from its openness to expertise and objects from far-flung locations. Amanda Phillips skillfully marries art history with social and economic history, integrating formal analysis of various textiles into wider discussions of how trade, technology, and migration impacted the production and consumption of textiles in the Mediterranean from around 1400 to 1800. Surveying a vast network of textile topographies that stretched from India to Italy and from Egypt to Iran, Sea Change illu
Trade Review"That [textiles’] significance is underestimated by westward-thinking art historians is a wide gap in scholarship, which "Sea Change" begins to fill with clear delineations of prose offering readers meticulous insight into the pragmatics of the textile craft and the inspirations of its creative flourishing across classes and cultures."
* Daily Sabah *
"A valuable addition to the field of Ottoman textiles, art history, and Islamic studies. It offers a comprehensive and insightful examination of the history of Ottoman textile production and its significance in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the subject and is highly recommended for scholars and students alike." * Journal of the Oriental Rug and Textile Society *
"Well-researched and lavishly designed,
Sea Change is a stunning exploration of the climate and our world's coastlines." * Midwest Book Review *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Translations, Transliterations, and Terminologies
Introduction
PART 1
1. Technology, History, and Terminology, ca. 1200–1400
2. Weaving in Anatolia: International Styles and Local Production, 1390–1500
PART 2
3. Imperial Appetites, Shared Technologies, 1500–1650
4. Regulation and Contravention, 1500–1700
PART 3
5. Worlds of Goods: Consumption and Production, 1550–1750
6. Emulation, Imitation, and Novelty, 1700–1800
Conclusion
Appendix
Abbreviations
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Index
