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""I'm impressed by the scope of this study, from the turban as a marker of religious affiliation to a prop for Rembrandt to a distinctive fashion for women. Headgear off to Filstrup and Merrill.""--Gay Telese ""The Turban is a lively romp through the history and geography of this now ubiquitous headgear. The book offers unexpected nuggets from ancient origins in Asia to the turban's function in contemporary fashion.""--Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Marquand Professor of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University

I'm impressed by the scope of this study, from the turban as a marker of religious affiliation to a prop for Rembrandt to a distinctive fashion for women. Headgear off to Filstrup and Merrill. * Gay Talese * The Turban is a lively romp through the history and geography of this now ubiquitous headgear. The book offers unexpected nuggets from ancient origins in Asia to the turban's function in contemporary fashion. * Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Marquand Professor of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University *

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Chris Filstrup was Chief of the Oriental Division at the New York Public Library and Dean of Libraries at Stony Brook University. He is co-author, with Jane Merrill, of The Wedding Night (2011), among other titles. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia. Jane Merrill has written for many national u.s. magazines and is the author of The Showgirl Costume (2018) and other cultural histories. She lives in Saint George, Maine.

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