Studying the Oriental Decorative Art Collection from the Tulcea Fine Arts Museum reaveals a small part of the story of Islamic civilization, narrated by anonymous persons, from a vast territory characterized by an infinity of different forms, materials and techniques.

Most of the collection is made up of pieces related to interior design, specific to the Wallachian houses from the end of the 18^th century to the beginning of the 20^th century. The second most important part consists of clothing and accessories.  Turkish clothing items are specific for the 18^th and 19^th centuries. They arrived in our country most probably by representing wedding gifts or some young girls dowry or just by being regular merchandise.

Currently the Collection consists of 325 pieces. They were purchased between the 1970s and the 1990s from several ethnic groups representatives like the Turks, Tatars, Greeks, Bulgarians, Russians. The cultural space of the decorative compositions takes us on an unexpected journey through the South-West, South-East and Central Asia, through Northern Africa and Europe.

Dated from the end of the 13^th century till the beginning of the 20^th century, the Oriental Art pieces can be divided into 11 categories: furniture, tapestries and carpets, metal bowls and vessels, embroidery, glass, porcelain and ceramic vessels, documents, clothing, shoes and accessories, shawls and fabric fragments, jewellery, weapons.