Decorative Arts Collection

The Decorative Arts Collection includes objects from the Ethnographic Collection of the Italians, the Folklore Archives of the Dodecanese with donations, seizure and excavations of the Archaeological Service Dodecanese, reflecting the elegance of the inhabitants of the island in modern times.

The collection includes costumes, embroidery, woodwork, metalwork and pottery objects. Among them are the specimens of pottery of Nice (16th-19th centuries), Armenian dishes from the Kutahya houses, jugs with decorations of monstrous figures, local pottery samples from the villages of Rhodes, plus 19th and 20th century European Origin ceramics, woodcuts and other objects.

An important place held among the exhibitions, are the female costumes from Symi, Astypalaia, Karpathos, Nisyros, Tilos, Halki and Embona in Rhodes.

Temporary Closed

Source: www.rhodes.gr