Name: Antique Print-EUROPEAN-WOMEN-TURKISH-OTTOMAN-ATTIRE-Labrousse-Grasset-1797
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Antique Print-EUROPEAN-WOMEN-TURKISH-OTTOMAN-ATTIRE-Labrousse-Grasset-1797

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‘FEMMES EUROPEENNES, EN HABILLEMENT TURC.’

– (European Women in Turkish Attire)
This print presents European women adorned in Turkish-style clothing, reflecting the period’s fascination with Orientalism, the cultural exchanges between Europe and the Ottoman Empire, and/or direct Ottoman influence on conquered European cultures. The women are dressed in elegant, flowing garments with intricate patterns and headwear that are characteristic of Turkish fashion, suggesting a blend of European and Turkish aesthetics. The attire likely includes the use of rich fabrics and vibrant colors, emphasizing the exotic appeal that such clothing had in European societies of the time.

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Description

(European Women in Turkish Attire)

This print presents European women adorned in Turkish-style clothing, reflecting the period’s fascination with Orientalism, the cultural exchanges between Europe and the Ottoman Empire, and/or direct Ottoman influence on conquered European cultures. The women are dressed in elegant, flowing garments with intricate patterns and headwear that are characteristic of Turkish fashion, suggesting a blend of European and Turkish aesthetics. The attire likely includes the use of rich fabrics and vibrant colors, emphasizing the exotic appeal that such clothing had in European societies of the time.

Made by Labrousse after Jacques Grasset de Saint Sauveur.

Medium: Handcoloured line and aquatint etching on hand laid paper.

Sheet size: 20.5 x 26.1 cm (8.07 x 10.28 inch). Image size: 14.7 x 20.5 cm. (5.79 x 8.07 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Paper edges a bit irregular and brownish from binding. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

EUROPEAN-WOMEN-TURKISH-OTTOMAN-ATTIRE-INTERCULTURAL | PCO-C27-42

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Costumes de Differents Pays …’ by Jacques Grasset de Saint Sauveur, c.1797.

Biography engraver: Labrousse was a late 18th C. French engraver.

Biography artist: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757-1810) was born as son of a diplomat in Montreal, Canada. He was exposed to varying cultures at an early age.