A nigar, or beauty

A nigar, or (married) beauty, in her at-home clothes. This is how women dressed when they weren’t receiving guests or leaving the house.

Source: The Habits of the Grand Signor’s Court, an album of bazaar paintings compiled by the English traveler Peter Mundy in Istanbul. It’s currently in the British Museum. [link]

Date: c. 1620

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