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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in
Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 57. Kaymakam
Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Caimeskan.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 57 from an album showing Turkish costume. Kaymakam, a lieutenant-colonel. Bearded, he is wearing a red ferace or kaftan with long red flaps and tight sleeves, brown fur lining, collar and sleeve strips. He is wearing a white turban tapering to a rounded end (kâllavî) with a diagonal gold band (sarık teli).
British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.57
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez
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