Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Kahveci başı

Cavehdgi Bachi, Premier Caffetier du Gr. Seigneur en habit de cérémonie.

Painting (watercolour). Folio 22 from an album showing Turkish costume. Kahveci başı, chief of the coffee-makers whose task it was to make coffee for the Sultan and who was in charge of all the coffee-making equipment. Carrying a vessel under a gold and red cloth, he is wearing a kâtibî kavuk with a dark blue cap. Pink kaftan and red şalvar.