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)

4 comments:

  1. Now that is really something! I could enjoy surviving in that!
    Le Loup.

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  2. Gorgeous. It is like standing underneath a massive stained glass window.

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  3. This looks like an painting in the Orientalism style but the description suggests it is a photograph! Amazing.

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  4. 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"

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