Tag: Exotcism
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Cabinets of Curiosities, Teapots and Dressing Gowns: How Can We Use Material Culture to Rethink Motivations behind the Early Modern Consumption of Exotic Goods?

Early Modern Europe saw a rise in the fashionability of “exotic” imports from Asia and the Middle East. Nancy Britten discusses how interest in imported consumer goods strayed beyond elite classes and provided women and those with lower socio-economic status greater mobility to access knowledge.
