Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in
Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 14. Sarıkcı başı
Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Sarikychi Bachi, Porte-Turban du Gr. Seignr.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 14 from an album showing Turkish costume. Sarıkcı başı, chief of the turban folders, who was in charge of the servants who looked after the Sultan's turbans. He is carrying a turban on a turban stand and wearing a kâtibî kavuk with a green cap. Sable-lined red kaftan with long cuffs.
Compare: 35 Durbendar Agha : porte turban du grand seigneur, le sultan carries the turban of the great lord, the sultan in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65 |
