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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Albanian Woman


Image source: Heinrich Friedrich von Diez and Costumes turcs by Elisabeth Fraser
Albanienne

Painting (watercolour). Folio 42 from an album showing Turkish costume. Albanian woman wearing a high pointed black hat with a red flap. Green short-sleeved entari, white robe with voluminous sleeves and with a flower design in strips down the sleeves and round the hem. Red tunic with gold buttons. Coker and necklace, bangles and ring. Red and white striped wide trousers (şalvar).

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.2.42
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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