Harem Collection (#3)

Girl in the Harem
A Harem girl reclines on some patterned cushions. She wears a long red skirt, small red cap and looks upward smiling. Toward her feet is a large Hookah pipe

The harem, Bachtschi-Ssarai, (i. e. Bakhchysara?), Ukraine
The harem, Bachtschi-Ssarai, (i.e. Bakhchysarai), Ukraine. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. The harem, Bachtschi-Ssarai, (i.e. Bakhchysara?), Ukraine. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The harem girl

Harem trousers replace the hobble skirt
From fetters to freedom: the hygienic harem replaces the horrible hobble skirt. Four radical designs from New York and Paris

Exotic Turkish Woman of the Harem Date: circa 1904

The harem skirt, the scare m skirt, the harum-scarum skirt
A satirical look at womens fashion in 1911. Date: January 1911

Egyptian Woman in a loose robe with fine necklaces and standing with her hand on a large broken-topped amphora (possibly deliberately so?). Date: 1901

Lady in Harem pants draws amazed reactions
A rotund lady draws breath (it appears she has been wound in to a VERY tight corset!) as she ascends some steep stares, but also draws gasps of astonishment from three gentleman

Capi Aga, Chief of the White Eunuchs
The Capi Aga, the Governor of the Gates of the Seraglio and Chief of the White Eunuchs. He is wearing a high white turban and crimson fur-trimmed robes. He has no beard. 1803

Flying out another girl for the Harem
Hand-drawn anti-Turkish French propaganda card depicting a semi-naked woman being sent as a volunteer to the Sultans Harem via a Turkish kite! circa 1910s

Turkish Trousers 1911
A daring young lady wears the fashionable yet scandalous harem pants or Turkish trousers with a sleeveless bolero & turban or toque. 1911

Billowing Skirt 1925
" Keep Your Skirts Down Mary Ann". Mary Ann attempts to hold down a billowing saucer shaped skirt that she wears over several striped under- skirts & a pair of harem pants Date: 1925

Promotional card for Aegean Sea Cruise line
A promotional postcard for an Italian Aegean Sea Cruise Line. The liner is the Albano, under the command of Captain Persich

The Harem Saloon / W H Robinson
The Harem Saloon, built to resemble a small portion of Bagdad, with domes and minarets. Ideal for transporting the odd wife or two

Mary attracts the chaps
Now Mary was a plain girl, Of Lovers she had few; She donned the Harem skirt and now She doesn t know what to do!

DIY version of the fashionable Harem Skirt
The Harem Skirt is an inexpensive garment that may be designed from an old shirt, a waistcoat and a beehive (for a bonnet)

Tukish woman playing the lute in the Harem
Oriental Fantasy Painting by Ferdinand-Max Bredt depicting a Turkish woman in the Harem playing a long-necked lute, sat crossed-legged on a bench

Terrified by modern female fashion
The Harem Skar em!! Not in those trousers! A lady in the latest fashion, based on the costume of the Turkish Harem - causes men to flee from her path in surprise

Jahaz Mahal, Mandu, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
The Jahaz Mahal (Ship Palace) at Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. It was built in the 15th century by Mohammed Shah (or his son) to house a harem of 15, 000 women

Oriental Turkish Beauty from Constantinople
An oriental Turkish beauty from Constantinople - possibly a dancer. in highly decorated outfit with raised motifs and tassles

Turkish beauty - Constantinople
A Turkish Beauty from Constantinople standing in front of a hanging rug

Miss Calavalava - a known beauty. Smoking a hookah pipe and leaning on a divan

Lady of the Smyrna (Izmir)
Elegant lady from Smyrna (Izmir), veiled and seated

Beauty of the Turkish Harem
An attractive decorative card of German original, but with Turkish theme, with the Turkish Sultans seal as the sun above a posing beauty from the Harem

Armenian newspaper - Harem girl photograph
Armenian newspaper - with Harem girl in centre. Interesting juxtaposition here, as the printing occured prior to the commencement of difficulties between the Armenians and the Turks

A Constantinople fantasy harem lady dancing exotically, Turkey

Imperial Gates - Constantinople, Turkey
Imperial gates on the European side of the Bosphorus. A lady of the Harem sits astride the crescent moon of Turkey in an unusual addition to this fine card

Turkish Woman in her interior house clothing
A Turkish woman in her interior house clothing, reclines on an Ottoman settee

Oriental Ottoman Beauty
An Ottoman beauty from Egypt, with large hooped earrings, beads, headdress and floral jerkin

An Egyptian Ottoman Turkish Woman, enveloped in her fine veil

Turkish Girl - Moorish
A La Mauresque - " Lets go Moorish!"

Turkish Veiled Harem Girl
A veiled girl of the turkish Harem striking a pretty pose in a garden. The subject matter is an incredible juxtaposition to the year it was published when war was surging across Western Europe

Turkish Beauty
A Turkish beauty in pastel shades of green and pink

Harem ladies in oriental costumes
Turkish models pose in the roles of ladies of the Harem in oriental costumes and holding musical instruments

A Constantinople Harem Girl
A Constantinople dancing girl in a rather revealing blouse

A Modern Turkish Lady
A Modern Turkish veiled woman reclining on a wicker couch. The beginning of modern Turks

A Seductive Turkish Beauty smoking
A beautiful photograph of a seductive Turkish Beauty smoking a cigarette

India, Jaipur - the Hawa Mahal
Hawa Mahal, a palace in Jaipur, India. It was built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, and designed by Lal Chand Usta in the form of the crown of Krishna, the Hindu god

The Ciragan Palace - Constantinople
The name Ciragan comes from the word " cerag" which means torch in Persian. The area in which the Palace is located was called Ceragan because of the famous Ottoman parties which were held

Harem / Turkish Pants
The fashion that was to cause a scandal: daring harem pants or Turkish trousers by Boue can just be seen beneath high waisted tunic dresses

Harem Pants / Postcard
A modern young lady wearing the daring new harem pants under her skirt is able to run for a bus - fortunately she didn t chose the fashionable hobble skirt instead

Social / Cairo Harem 1905
A lady of the harem with her carriage at Cairo

Persian Emir and Falcon
A Persian emir amidst his courtiers appraises a falcon, while on the palace roof one of his harem ladies looses a hawk after a game bird

Cock and Ducks
A barn-door cock and his harem hold the high ground as a family of ducks waddle past. (Gallus species)

Egyptian Interior
A lady at the entrance to the harem

Indian Court Dancer
Girls of the harem dance to entertain their maharajah

Women in Harem
Women in an Egyptian harem. Here they are able to take off their veils, but there is little for them to do except smoke and gossip

Bible Events / Ot / Solomon
Solomons conduct deteriorates as he grows old

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