Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 99. Usta or overseer of the cooks for the Janissaries

Vol. I Folio 99. Usta or overseer of the cooks for the Janissaries in 'Costumes Turcs'. Diez Album. British Museum.

Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Ousta, cuisinier des Janissaires en cérémonie.

Painting (watercolour). Folio 99 from an album showing Turkish costume. Usta or overseer of the cooks for the Janissaries. Wearing a brown and red (leather?) tunic, which has upturned ends, similar to a carrying yoke, on the shoulders, with eight large dishes and cooking equipment which are the emblems of his rank, hanging from, or tucked into his broad gilt belt. Wide blue trousers and high red boots. White Janissary head-dress (keçe) with a green band and an empty gold plume-holder.

Compare:

98 Etihi bachi : chef de cuisine, officier des Janissaires
cook, officer of the Janissaries
in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.99
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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Costumes Turcs Vol. I Folio 99. Usta or overseer of the cooks for the Janissaries

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 99. Usta or overseer of the cooks for the Janissaries