The Sassoons / Esther da Costa Meyer and Claudia J. Nahson.
"The Sassoons traces the global history of the Sassoon family, entrepreneurs and patrons of remarkable art and architecture, from Baghdad to Mumbai, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and London"--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Jewish Museum,
[2023]
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| Summary: | "The Sassoons traces the global history of the Sassoon family, entrepreneurs and patrons of remarkable art and architecture, from Baghdad to Mumbai, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and London"-- "The Sassoons were prosperous as bankers and treasurers to the Ottoman sultans in nineteenth-century Bagdad, until they were driven out by religious persecution. Assuming the precarious status of stateless Jews, the family dispersed, establishing businesses in Mumbai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and London. This volume tells the sweeping global and intergenerational story of the Sassoon family through the works of art they collected. Lavishly illustrated with paintings, porcelain, manuscripts, Judaica, and architecture, it highlights family members, including numerous accomplished women, who were patrons of art and sponsors of remarkable buildings in their rarefied, upper-class worlds."-- |
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| Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition at Jewish Museum, New York, from March 3-August 13, 2023. |
| Physical Description: | 255 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), facsimiles, genealogical table, portraits ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-249) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300264302 0300264305 |