Harem Collection

Arab Girl Dancing
A Middle Eastern Belly Dancer dancing with a veil to musical accompaniment

Moroccan Harem - three women of the Harem seated on a fine carpet with a young child and surrounded with lush plants and octagonal Mother-of-pearl inlaid table and comfortable cushions

Turkish Lady on a settee smoking
A Turkish lady reclining quizzically on an Ottoman settee, smoking a narghile pipe, whilst drinking coffee

Three women of the Turkish Harem
Three women of the Harem, pose for the photographer. The true historical nature of the Turkish/Eastern/Ottoman Harem was the housing of the women (and attendant eunuchs)

Exotic Oriental Vase Dance - postcard reproduction of a painting by Fabio Fabbi (1861-1946). Date: 1906

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Harem Women
Harem women from Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey

Group of girls of the Harem, Port Said, reclining and relaxing in elegant surroundings. Date: 1903

Interior of the Harem with a scribe. Date: circa 1910s

Veiled Turkish beauty looking into an oval mirror
Veiled Turkish Oriental Eastern beauty admiring herself in an oval mirror (set into an elegantly carved frame) in this stylish Studio Photograph aimed squarely at the Tourist market! Date: circa 1908

Egyptian Lady of the Harem
An Egyptian Lady of the Harem, reclining on a couch and smoking a nargile pipe Date: 1910s

Frocks and thrills: Gowns and headdresses from Paris 1913
Women models wearing a selection of different style evening wear, including the lamp-shade skirt, Turkish trousers, low scaft-belt cloak and the knee skirt. 1913

Egypt - Cairo - A Lady of the Harem with escort Date: circa 1910s

Women of the Persian harem, 1800s
Princess 7, gentleman 8, slave 1, bajadera or dancer 5, and other ladies in a Persian harem 2, 3, 4, 6, . Women drinking tea, playing music, looking in a mirror, playing with a bird, etc

Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia, sitting on his bed throne with scimitar and hookah pipe. Princes to the right, court clerks at left, and other courtiers

Mazagan (El Jadida), Morocco
The Harem of a Moorish Minister embarking at Mazagan. The Portuguese fortification of Mazagan, now part of the city of El Jadida, 90-km southwest of Casablanca

The Harem - Topkapi Palace, Seraglio Point, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1819

A small boy (or girl) dressed in a turban and harem pants in an Arabian Nights style fancy dress. Date: 1940s

Man and woman of Persia, 1818. The man wears a turban, cloack, tunic, harem pants and scimitar, the woman wears a turban with veil, cloak and dress

Man and woman of Palestine, 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton

Man and woman of Arabia, 1818. The man wears a turban, cloak, sash and harem pants, the woman wears a veil over a long dress

Man and woman of Armenia, 1818. The man wears a turban, coat, tunic and breeches, the woman wears an embroidered dress. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical

Man and woman of Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1818. The man wears a turban and ermine-trim coat and smokes a long tobacco pipe, the woman in dress and harem pants

Sami people, Laplanders, man and woman of Lapland, 1818. The man holds a brace of fish and points to a man riding a sleigh drawn by a reindeer

Japanese-style wall hanging, circa 1900. Red lacquer wood frame with satin lambrequin, satin curtains, wooden mask, embroidered silk wall hangings, vase with ikebana. Planche 4

Mourners in a Muslim cemetery
Rites of passage in the Muslim cemetery of Eyup, Istanbul. Mourners in turban and robes praying before gravestones. Cimitero

The Shah of Persias harem on the road. Eunochs on horseback clear away bystanders shouting Curuc! Forbidden! The favorite begum rides in a covered palnquin or sedan chair called a takti-revan between

The Shah of Persia relaxing in his harem or seraglio. He sits on a carpet with hookah pipe and cushions, while a begum plays lute

Woman in fancy dress costume as the Oracle des Champs
Woman in costume as the Oracle des Champs in dress decorated with hearts, daisies and flowers, for a masquerade ball. Costume designed by M. Robin. Handcoloured lithograph published in Paris, 1880s

Knight, fool and girl, 16th century Germany
Knight (reiter) with wheel-lock pistol and harem pants A, jester with bladder and marotte (bauble), B, and girl in long petticoat and apron from Strasbourg C

German soldiers with halberds wearing harem pants, late 16th century. Gunpowder expert with his back to us, and soldier with cap and armour collar. From color pen drawings in the possession of C

German soldiers wearing harem pants, late 16th century. Chief sutler with his arms raised, and infantry chief in armour and helmet with short staff. From color pen drawings in the possession of C

Wedding feast in an Egyptian harem, 1820, with bride and groom surrounded by female dancers and musicians. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri after a painting by Giovanni Bigatti

Marie-Therese Bourgouin as Roxelane in Les Trois Sultanes by Charles Simon Favart, Theatre Francais, 1803. Based on the story of Hurrem, a Ukrainian girl kidnapped for Suleyman IIs harem

Toy Theatre, Madame Vestris as Blonda

Entertainments in an Egyptian Harem. circa 1800

Harem skirt or harem pants
The fashion that was to cause a scandal: daring harem pants or Turkish trousers. Date: 1911

Advert for Le Harem, 53 Rue Pigalle, Montmartre Date: 1920s

RACIAL / EGYPT / HAREM WOMEN
Ladies of the harem out walking in the street. Date: circa 1907

I ve Seen The Arem, burlesque, Empire Theatre, Islington
I ve Seen The Arem, a musical farce burlesque, at the Empire Theatre, Islington, North London. circa 1915

Ruins of Maharubi Palace, Zanzibar, East Africa - built outside Zanzibar Town in 1882 for Sultan Barghash to house his impressively large harem

Pretty young woman in Harem Pants
A tall glamorous lady draws approval (and less favourable opinion!) with her choice of new style Harem Pants. Date: 1911

Harem Skirt - Enormous Hat
The Harem Skirt - The Simple Life - The shade option provided by wearing an all-encompassing hat! Date: 1911

Harem Girl / Woof
Scantily clad harem girl, in a headdress & harem pants, sits demurely on a leopard skin rug while she admires her jewellery. Date: 1950s

Agoliagbo, King of Dahomey
Agoliagbo, Twelfth King of Dahomey, African royalty - With his wives

Cartoon, The New Dance Mistress, WW1
Cartoon, The New Dance Mistress, showing an Austro-Hungarian or German officer in eastern costume introducing a plump German woman, Fraulein Gans (Miss Goose)

Alpha -male Proboscis monkey aggressive display
Alpha-male Proboscis monkey aggressive display deters other males from his harem (Nasalis larvatus). after feeding at Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary

Typical Fantasy Harem Scene from the Middle East - the girls lazing on a sunny afternoon on the roof, catching some rays... Date: circa 1910s

Egyptian Lady of the Turkish Harem
Egyptian lady of the Turkish Harem, smoking a Hookah Pipe and reclining on a armchair. The true historical nature of the Turkish/Eastern/Ottoman Harem was the housing of the women

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