Watch a lecture sponsored by the Sherman Fairchild Center for Book Conservation and the Sherman Fairchild Center for Paper Conservation on July 13, 2015, at the Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Paper historian Alexandra Soteriou charts the migration of Muslim papermakers in tandem with dynastic movements and shares a seldom-seen view of hand papermaking throughout the sub-continent, the Himalayas, and Central Asia. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700: Opulence and Fantasy, which was on view April 20–July 26, 2015.
Journey in Search of Indo-Islamic Papermaking Heritage
Paper historian Alexandra Soteriou charts the migration of Muslim papermakers in tandem with dynastic movements and shares a seldom-seen view of hand papermaking.
Alexandra Soteriou
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