Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Çorbaçı

Chorbadgi en habit de cérémonie

Painting (watercolour). Folio 85 from an album showing Turkish costume. Çorbaçı, colonel of the Janissaries, in ceremonial costume. Wearing a red kaftan with short sleeves, long flaps and a snow leopard (?) fur lining (white with black spots) and edging over a blue robe. White cap (kuka) which tapers to a rounded end and had a broad gold brim with a huge ostrich feather aigrette (süpürge sorguçlu) and a smaller black feather aigrette in gold holders.

Compare: 90 Tchobadgi bachi : colonel des Janissaires Colonel of the Janissaries in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

Compare: 39 [Corbaci], capitaine des Janissaires Çorbaçı, captain of the Janissaries in: Dessins originaux de costumes turcs, BnF 4-OD-23

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.85
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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