Ottoman-era oil portrait of a lady found at the Ethnological Museum’s House of Hadjigeorgakis Kornessios in Nicosia. This is an oil on wood portrait, found on a grandfather clock’s wooden case. The clock was made by British clockmaker Isaac Rogers, and was previously owned by Michael de Vezin, the English Consul to Aleppo and Cyprus.
The lady’s dress resembles a caftan dress worn during Ottoman rule called ‘anteri/entari’ which is characterized by the long, oval neckline and a light chemise underneath. The style of this outfit is similar to the ‘sayia/üç etek’, a staple of Cypriot traditional dress. She also wears a long robe lined with fur called a tzouppe/cübbe. The style of the headdress and jewellery indicate her higher social status.
Image source: Department of Antiquities in Cyprus.
Source information provided by Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou’s research on 18th and 19th century Cypriot dress and the House of the Dragoman of Cyprus Hadjigeorgakis Kornessios.
https://books.openedition.org/pur/99860?lang=en
https://www.boccf.org/publications-holder/Guides-to-Archaeological-Sites-and-Monuments/The-House-of-the-Dragoman-of-Cyprus-Hadjigeorgakis-Kornessios/
