The Traditional Crafts of the Middle East and Central Asia in the Writings of European and North American Travellers

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

Abstract

A critical discussion of the published accounts of nineteenth-century travellers as a source for the study of the traditional crafts of the Middle East and Central Asia.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationArt and Material Culture in the Byzantine and Islamic Worlds
Subtitle of host publicationEssays in Honour of Erica Cruikshank Dodd
EditorsEvanthia Baboula, Lesley Jessop
Place of PublicationLeiden
PublisherBrill
Pages238-64
Number of pages27
ISBN (Electronic)9789004457140
ISBN (Print)9789004457133
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Bibliographical note

Marcus Milwright, ‘The Traditional Crafts of the Middle East and Central Asia in the Writings of European and North American Travellers,’ in Evanthia Baboula and Leslie Jessop, eds, Art and Material Culture in the Byzantine and Islamic Worlds: Essays in Honour of Erica Cruikshank Dodd, Mediterranean Art Histories: Studies in Visual Cultures and Artistic Transfers from Late Antiquity to the Modern Period 4 (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2021), pp. 238-64.

Keywords

  • Craft
  • Middle East
  • Central Asia
  • Islamic art
  • Travellers

Cite this