As of today, they saymarhaba, or welcome, to the shop.

The two bonded over a passion for all things Middle Eastern before turning it into something more.

The Levant Shop started after many conversations, says Koprulu.

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(Draped over a table, the silver elements subtly glint and become even more sumptuous by candlelight.)

In the glassware department, there are goblets and tumblers hand-blown in Beykoz, a hilltop village in Istanbul.

It all comes together to form an evocative medley of textures and colors.

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Theyre carefully edited and crafted to fit into modern households far beyond the Levant.

Iznik artistry is almost mathematics, she continues.

Its really Islamic in the sense that theyre mathematicians in the way they approach their technique.

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So we have been incredibly specific about this flower being half a centimeter from that one.

Its been very organic, but difficult, says Muessel.

And in true Levantine spirit, such things are meant to be shared.

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