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- P. 283 "The accompanying drawing gives a good idea of the appearance of Persian ladies at home and we may at least presume that the Princess was as fair as the representation. Among the higher classes, the ladies devote a large portion of their time to the toilet. Inspection of the drawing will remind the readers that painting and tight-lacing are not confined to the Western continent. Persian ladies color their eyebrows black the hair being combed down upon the forehead and cut short about them the nails both of their fingers and toes auburn, and their cheeks red." This image of a Persian woman shows her wearing the headcloth known as the charqat (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 16). What appears to be a skirt is a very full cut pair of trousers or zeer-djameh (Shoberl 1845, p. 110-111).
- Date Created:
- 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Costume History Collection
- Notes:
- P. 289 "Accordingly, when Persian ladies are fairly beyond the sight of their jealous masters, they often take down their veil and gaze freely upon the sons of men, and the beauties of creation, though in the letter and the spirit of Persian law they do it at the peril of their lives." This images shows a woman wearing the blue chador (Vogelsang-Eastwood p. 17) without the additional white face veil.
- Date Created:
- 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Costume History Collection
- Notes:
- P. 288 "Like all Persian females, when they walk abroad, their faces were closely veiled. Muhammedan law denounces death on any female who exposes her face to a male beyond the limits of her own household. A large covering is thrown over the person, when they go out, to which is commonly attached a small veil before the face with a patch of network half the size of a hand, before the eyes, to enable them to see to walk. This rigorous seclusion is, doubtless, as fruitful a source, as it is striking an index, of the unfaithful character of Muhammedan females. The practice of veiling in itself is said extensively to facilitate and screen illicit connexions." This image of a Persian woman away from her home shows her wearing a large outer garment called the chador (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 17) and a white veil.
- Date Created:
- 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Costume History Collection
