{"id":4987,"date":"2017-07-10T21:55:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T04:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/?p=4987"},"modified":"2017-07-10T22:06:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T05:06:22","slug":"is-that-gloria-swanson-wearing-assiut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2017\/07\/is-that-gloria-swanson-wearing-assiut\/","title":{"rendered":"Is that Gloria Swanson wearing Assiut?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello gang!<\/p>\n<p>Recently on the assiut discussion group over on FaceBook, several of us carefully analyzed the shawl worn by Gloria Swanson in the role of Norma Desmond in the seminal film, Sunset Boulevard. \u00a0In the scene where she dramatically descends the stairs &#8220;Alright Mr. DeMille, I&#8217;m ready for my closeup.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jMTT0LW0M_Y\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Although at first glance the shawl draped over her shoulder\u00a0appears to be made from assiut, it&#8217;s most likely one of its close metal embroidery relatives. \u00a0It could be a Turkish, tel kirma style shawl, or it could possibly of Indian origin and is covered with badlah stitches. \u00a0But not matter what this shawl was made of, it&#8217;s strikingly beautiful and flashes with a myriad of metal stitches in the same manner of assiut or tulle bi telli\u00a0from Egypt does.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The dressers at the famed wax museum, Madame Tussauds draped their version of Norma Desmond in a shawl of modern cream assiut that catches the light with the same metallic gleam. \u00a0You can find her today standing at the base of replica stairs, alone and poised with her claw-like hand and that classic mad expression forever fixed in her eyes. \u00a0 Stop by for a visit next time you&#8217;re in Hollywood!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><em>Now &#8211; I think I have to get ready for a close-up of my own!<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Dawn Devine ~ Davina<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>July 10, 2017<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4989\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2017\/07\/is-that-gloria-swanson-wearing-assiut\/gloria-swanson\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Gloria-Swanson.jpg?fit=921%2C3228&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"921,3228\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gloria-Swanson\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Gloria-Swanson.jpg?fit=86%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Gloria-Swanson.jpg?fit=292%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4989\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Gloria-Swanson.jpg?resize=580%2C2033&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"2033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Gloria-Swanson.jpg?w=921&amp;ssl=1 921w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Gloria-Swanson.jpg?resize=43%2C150&amp;ssl=1 43w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Gloria-Swanson.jpg?resize=86%2C300&amp;ssl=1 86w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Gloria-Swanson.jpg?resize=768%2C2692&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Gloria-Swanson.jpg?resize=292%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2017\/07\/is-that-gloria-swanson-wearing-assiut\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Norma-Desmond.jpg?fit=150%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Norma-Desmond.jpg?w=928&amp;ssl=1 928w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Norma-Desmond.jpg?resize=150%2C120&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Norma-Desmond.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Norma-Desmond.jpg?resize=768%2C615&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"4990\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2017\/07\/is-that-gloria-swanson-wearing-assiut\/sunset-boulevard\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Norma-Desmond.jpg?fit=928%2C743&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"928,743\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Getty Images&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Erich von Stroheim (1885 - 1957, left) as Max von Mayerling, and Gloria Swanson (1899 - 1983) as Norma Desmond in the final scene of &#039;Sunset Boulevard&#039;, directed by Billy Wilder, 1950. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection\\\/Getty Images)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;-631123200&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;2013 Silver Screen Collection&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sunset Boulevard&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sunset Boulevard\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Erich von Stroheim (1885 &amp;#8211; 1957, left) as Max von Mayerling, and Gloria Swanson (1899 &amp;#8211; 1983) as Norma Desmond in the final scene of &amp;#8216;Sunset Boulevard&amp;#8217;, directed by Billy Wilder, 1950. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection\/Getty Images)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Norma-Desmond.jpg?fit=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Norma-Desmond.jpg?fit=580%2C464&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><p>Hello gang! Recently on the assiut discussion group over on FaceBook, several of us carefully analyzed the shawl worn by Gloria Swanson in the role of Norma Desmond in the seminal film, Sunset Boulevard. \u00a0In the scene where she dramatically descends the stairs &#8220;Alright Mr. DeMille, I&#8217;m ready for my closeup.&#8221; Although at first glance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[45,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assiut-assuit","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Norma-Desmond.jpg?fit=928%2C743&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YZtR-1ir","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4987"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4995,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987\/revisions\/4995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}