DOI Heft:
Nr. 333 (February 1925)
DOI Artikel:Donnell, Edna: Costumes of Isapahan
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19984#0099
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smartness in dress which mod-
ern women might do well to
study. His gold brocaded caftan
is of the most intense vermilhon.
lined with white, and held in at
the waist by a blue leather belt
boasting no less than five jew-
eled buckles, very like the one
in the Moscow Museum, dated
1511. Under this caftan is a
shirt, a chemise-like garment
also made of brocade, in a dull
blue.
The shirts might or might
not have long sleeves like the
caftan and were often lined.
Through the belt was knotted a
blue and gold handkerchief, any-
where from one to three yards
square. One ruler, in fact, car-
ried his entire jewel collection
around in a handkerchief which
when spread out was the size of
a rug.
The hair was shaved off ex-
cept for two locks just in front
of the ears. These and the eye-
brows were dyed black. These
locks were called "love locks"
and worn, wound around the
ears, as a mark of distinction,
by the "beauty men," or dan-
dies. The head was always cov-
ered and the most ignominious
thing that could befall a Persian
was to lose his turban.
Where turbans came from,
no one really knows. Maybe
from Assyria, or perhaps from
India. But in Persia, whether
or not you were in style de-
pended upon the way you wound
your turban. To this day that is
the determining factor in dating
Persian miniature paintings. In
the first picture the prince
wears a "Sultan Muhammcl"
turban which is characterized
by the long flowing ends. Any
turban consists of between ten
and twenty yards of cloth wound
PRJNCE WEARING SAFAVID TURBAN AND JEWELED BELT & ^ jjj^ ^ fa
i 11 i „l- to Persia and dressed his The aigrette or heron tuft was the badge of roy-
brought them back to Persia, ^ ^ ^ ^ & ^
'''""in xhe^Sultan Muhammd miniature, in the pocket at his court, for the special purpose of
Metropolitan Museum, the prince has achieved a insulting his guests by stealing their aigrettes
FEBRUARY I 9 J 5
three fifty-nine
smartness in dress which mod-
ern women might do well to
study. His gold brocaded caftan
is of the most intense vermilhon.
lined with white, and held in at
the waist by a blue leather belt
boasting no less than five jew-
eled buckles, very like the one
in the Moscow Museum, dated
1511. Under this caftan is a
shirt, a chemise-like garment
also made of brocade, in a dull
blue.
The shirts might or might
not have long sleeves like the
caftan and were often lined.
Through the belt was knotted a
blue and gold handkerchief, any-
where from one to three yards
square. One ruler, in fact, car-
ried his entire jewel collection
around in a handkerchief which
when spread out was the size of
a rug.
The hair was shaved off ex-
cept for two locks just in front
of the ears. These and the eye-
brows were dyed black. These
locks were called "love locks"
and worn, wound around the
ears, as a mark of distinction,
by the "beauty men," or dan-
dies. The head was always cov-
ered and the most ignominious
thing that could befall a Persian
was to lose his turban.
Where turbans came from,
no one really knows. Maybe
from Assyria, or perhaps from
India. But in Persia, whether
or not you were in style de-
pended upon the way you wound
your turban. To this day that is
the determining factor in dating
Persian miniature paintings. In
the first picture the prince
wears a "Sultan Muhammcl"
turban which is characterized
by the long flowing ends. Any
turban consists of between ten
and twenty yards of cloth wound
PRJNCE WEARING SAFAVID TURBAN AND JEWELED BELT & ^ jjj^ ^ fa
i 11 i „l- to Persia and dressed his The aigrette or heron tuft was the badge of roy-
brought them back to Persia, ^ ^ ^ ^ & ^
'''""in xhe^Sultan Muhammd miniature, in the pocket at his court, for the special purpose of
Metropolitan Museum, the prince has achieved a insulting his guests by stealing their aigrettes
FEBRUARY I 9 J 5
three fifty-nine