Grandee Smoking on Horseback | Michigan Memories

Description:

P. 125 "The opposite plate represents a grandee smoking on horseback, and attended by a servant on foot." The servant appears to be wearing a pair of zeer-djameh over a narrower pair of shalwar (Shoberl 1845. p. 113)

Institution: Western Michigan University Libraries

Collection: Costume History Collection

Rights:

For use of digital image, contact Special Collections, Waldo Library, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 49008-5316

Subject Topics:

Qajar,

robes (main garments),

trousers,

skirts,

headgear,

slippers,

pipes (smoking equipment),

attendants, pipes, upper class,

Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853,

Upper class--Iran,

Clothing and dress--Iran,

Smoking--Iran--19th century,

Horses,

Iran (nation)

URL: https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/detail/WMUwmu~85~85~431526~127818