Costume of a Kaddin in the Seraglio, Ottoman Empire

Costume of a Kaddin in the Seraglio, Ottoman Empire. The six or seven Kaddins or Kadeuns were high-ranking Odalisks or Sultanas in the Harem. Mostly Ukrainian and Circassian slaves. She wears a short-sleeved coat, quilted robe, girdle, yellow slippers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Octavian Dalvimart from William Alexander's translation of Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks, Thomas M'Lean, London, 1814

Circassian Courtesan Georgian Era Girdle Harem Octavian Dalvimart Ottoman Empire Regency Era Seraglio Sultana Thomas Mlean Ukrainian William Alexander

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