Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 12. İskemleci

Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Skemnigi Porte tabouret du Grand-Seigneur.

Painting (watercolour). Folio 12 from an album showing Turkish costume. İskemleci, the stool carrier. The stool was used by the Sultan to mount his horse. Fur-lined kaftan with huge sleeves.

Compare: 33 Iskemledgi bachi : porte tabouret du grand seigneur, le sultan mounting stool holder of the great lord, the sultan in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

Compare: 17 Porte-tabouret du [Grand Seigneur] {Iskemledgi bachi} Stool Bearer of the Great Lord in: Dessins originaux de costumes turcs, BnF 4-OD-23

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.12
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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