An Orient of Silk and Gold
The “trousseaux” treasures of the Antaki family Aleppo (19th – early 20th century)
May 14th to November 10th 2019
Open daily 10 am to 6 pm except Mondays
The exhibition “An Orient of Silk and Gold” where the trousseaux of the family members of Georges Antaki are showcased and directed by Jean-Louis Mainguy, is the invitation to a sensory experience, an immersion in the magical world of the city of Aleppo during the nineteenth century.
Aleppo, important metropolis of the Ottoman Empire, was the third city of this empire after Istanbul and Cairo. Great meeting place between East and West, place of exchange of cultures and goods especially with France and Italy, this meeting between two worlds was held in the caravanserais of the souks.