Janissaries Ottoman Empire. Turkish Elite Infantry.
Category: Asia
Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.
Ottoman Empire Public Office 1838
Ottoman Empire Public Office in Constantinople Title: Bureau public (Kàlem ou). Published: L’Univers Pittoresque, Paris 1838.
Ottoman Empire, Sultan Mehmed II.
Ottoman Empire, Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II. (1432-1481 ) Painting by Gentile Bellini (not proved), 25 November 1480.
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Paperback – December 7, 2021
by Virginia Postrel (Author)
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)
Dinner of an European Ambassador in the Hall of the Divan.
Dinner of an European Ambassador with the Grand Vizier in the Hall of the Divan. The Divan of the Sublime Porte was the council of the Ottoman Empire.
Sufi Dervishes Dance. Ottoman Empire.
Sufi Dervishes Dance. Ottoman Empire. Whirling Dervishes Dance of the Mevlevi order. Title: Danse des Derwichs Mewlewis Published: L’Univers Pittoresque, Paris 1838.
Traditional Japanese kimono. Geisha in 1900.
Traditional Japanese kimono. Geisha in 1900. With fan and lanterns in front of landscape (postcard).
Assyrian High Priest and King clothing
Ancient Assyrian costumes. High Priest and King.
Medes king and nobility. Offizer and Soldiers dresses.
Ancient Medes King, soldiers and officers costumes.
Costumes and court dresses of Medes nobility.
Costumes and court dresses of Medes nobility. Ancient female and male clothing.
Ancient Persian warriors and king costumes.
Ancient Persian warriors and king costumes. Royalty court and head dresses, weapons of king and warriors. Published by Münchener Bilderbogen