The Damascus Room at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a period room dating back to 1707 in Damascus, Syria, which was part of the Ottoman Empire. The luxurious space was a reception room, likely for an affluent family to host visitors. The opulent décor and poetic inscriptions were designed to make the space feel like a retreat from the bustling commercial center located on the Silk Road and the
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