EPISODE · Sep 4, 2023 · 48 MIN
Dr. Gwendolyn Collaço on the artistry of Ottoman wedding trousseaus
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Dr. Gwendolyn Collaço, Collections Curator at MIT's Aga Khan Documentation Center, joins us to talk about wedding trousseaus as curated collections that were meticulously displayed and evaluated before they were ever used in a household. Women played the part of artist, curator and performer in the creation and presentation of the trousseaus.Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Gwen-Collaco-on-Ottoman-wedding-trousseaus.pdfImage: Wedding procession on the Bosphorus, by Jean Baptiste Vanmour, Istanbul, c. 1720 - c. 1737. Rijksmuseum, SK-A-2000. (Photo: Public Domain)
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Dr. Gwendolyn Collaço, Collections Curator at MIT's Aga Khan Documentation Center, joins us to talk about wedding trousseaus as curated collections that were meticulously displayed and evaluated before they were ever used in a household. Women played the part of artist, curator and performer in the creation and presentation of the trousseaus.Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Gwen-Collaco-on-Ottoman-wedding-trousseaus.pdfImage: Wedding procession on the Bosphorus, by Jean Baptiste Vanmour, Istanbul, c. 1720 - c. 1737. Rijksmuseum, SK-A-2000. (Photo: Public Domain)
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