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Orientalism: Visions of the East in Western Dress

Orientalism: Visions of the East in Western Dress

Martin, Richard, and Harold Koda

1994

96 pages

85 illustrations

This title is out of print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

Director's Foreword

Introduction

Chapter One: China

Chapter Two: India

Chapter Three: Near East and Middle East

Chapter Four: Japan

Chapter Five: Southeast Asia

Acknowledgments

Met Art in Publication

Evening jacket, House of Lanvin French, silk, metallic thread, fur, French — Evening jacket
1936–37

Decoration for a Masked Ball at Versailles, on the Occasion of the Marriage of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Maria Theresa, Infanta of Spain (Bal masqué donné par le roi, dans la grande galerie de Versailles, pour le mariage de Dauphin, 1745), Charles Nicolas Cochin I French, Etching with engraving — Decoration for a Masked Ball at Versailles, on the Occasion of the Marriage of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Maria Theresa, Infanta of Spain (Bal masqué donné par le roi, dans la grande galerie de Versailles, pour le mariage de Dauphin, 1745)
1764, reprinted ca. 1860

Dress, silk, metal thread, French — Dress
French
1760s

Robe à la française, silk, French — Robe à la française
French
1750–75

"Ko.I.Noor", House of Lanvin French, silk, metal<br/>b) silk, metal, French — "Ko.I.Noor"
spring/summer 1927

Cape, silk, gilt thread, French — Cape
French
second half 16th century

Dress, silk, British — Dress
British
ca. 1850

Robe à l'anglaise, silk, French — Robe à l'anglaise
French
ca. 1780

Robe à la Polonaise, silk, American — Robe à la Polonaise
American
1780–85

Dress, Jeanne Hallée French, silk, French — Dress
1907

Evening dress, Callot Soeurs French, silk, French — Evening dress
1923–24

Evening dress, Callot Soeurs French, silk, French — Evening dress
1926

Evening coat, Premet French, silk, French — Evening coat
1928–29

Evening ensemble, Maisons Agnès-Drecoll French, a) wool<br/>b) silk<br/>c) coral, silver, rhinestones, French — Evening ensemble
ca. 1932

Evening dress, cotton, metallic thread, French — Evening dress
French
ca. 1810

Robe à l'anglaise, cotton, metal, silk, French — Robe à l'anglaise
French
1784–87

Banyan, silk, British — Banyan
British
1735–40

Joseph Sherburne, John Singleton Copley American, Oil on canvas, American — Joseph Sherburne
ca. 1767–70

Madame Jacques-Louis Leblanc (Françoise Poncelle, 1788–1839), Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres French, Oil on canvas — Madame Jacques-Louis Leblanc (Françoise Poncelle, 1788–1839)
1823

Lounge suit, Valerian Stux-Rybar, wool, Italian — Lounge suit
1964

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Martin, Richard, and Harold Koda. 1994a. Orientalism: Visions of the East in Western Dress. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams.