Ayşe Sultan’s Blue Cintamani Kaftan

This late-16th-century kaftan, with its unusually low neckline and pattern of stamped silver cintamani, is part of a set. Its matching under-jacket (hirka, zibin) has the colors of lining and shell reversed. It’s rare to find any women’s clothing from the late 16th century, and possibly unique to have an extant set of kaftan and under-kaftan that were designed to be worn together.

The set was made for Ayşe Sultan (1570-1605), daughter of Murad III.

Source: Tezcan, Hu:lya. “Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Women’s Fashion at the Ottoman Palace,” P, Issue 3, Spring/Summer 2000. Pp. 4-17.

 

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