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04 March 2010
17th century Ottoman tent
Wow.
A staff member of the Dresden State Art Collections admired a 17th century Ottoman tent in Dresden, Germany, Monday. (Ralf Hirschberger/DPA/ZUMA Press)
This tent, captured in 1683 at the siege of Vienna, was recently restored and is on display: http://www.skd-dresden.de/en/museen/ruestkammer/tuerckische_cammer.html it is "a 20-metre-long, eight-metre-wide and six-metre-high Ottoman state tent with magnificent appliqués in silk and gold leather"
Now that is really something! I could enjoy surviving in that!
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Gorgeous. It is like standing underneath a massive stained glass window.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like an painting in the Orientalism style but the description suggests it is a photograph! Amazing.
ReplyDeleteThis tent, captured in 1683 at the siege of Vienna, was recently restored and is on display: http://www.skd-dresden.de/en/museen/ruestkammer/tuerckische_cammer.html it is "a 20-metre-long, eight-metre-wide and six-metre-high Ottoman state tent with magnificent appliqués in silk and gold leather"
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