From head to foot, a Turkish lady might wear:<\/p>\n
The “crown” some women wear around the base of their hats is called istefan<\/em>, from the Greek word for “diadem.”<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Except at court, istefan were decorations, not status markers; a toddler wears one in a 1574 watercolor<\/a> of her, her mother, and a servant in the street.<\/p>\n When a woman wore her hair in a single braid down her back, she could tie a jeweled tassel of gold or silver chains, a sa\u00e7ba\u011f\u0131<\/em>, to the end. (It’s pronounced “sach-baah-ih.”) The 17th-century poet\u00a0Karacao\u011flan hints at the evocative power of the\u00a0sa\u00e7ba\u011f\u0131:<\/p>\n As she wakes up in the morning, praises herself 16th- and early 17th-century women preferred short necklaces, since their close collars didn’t allow them to display longer necklaces. (By the mid-17th century, some women had solved the problem by wearing long necklaces outside their clothes.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From head to foot, a Turkish lady might wear: Istefan | Diadem The “crown” some women wear around the base of their hats is called istefan, from the Greek word for “diadem.” Except at court, istefan were decorations, not status markers; a toddler wears one in a 1574 watercolor of\u2026<\/p>\nSorgu\u00e7 | Aigrette<\/em><\/h3>\n
Sa\u00e7ba\u011f\u0131 | Braid Tassel<\/em><\/h3>\n
\nGolden sa\u00e7ba\u011f\u0131 reaches her heels . . .
\nI will buy you a golden sa\u00e7ba\u011f\u0131
\nGather it up and wrap around your slender waist . . .
\nKarac\u2019o\u011flan praises and praises her
\nHer golden sa\u00e7ba\u011f\u0131 reaches her heels
\nI will buy golden sa\u00e7ba\u011f\u0131 for your braids
\nAttach it to your hair, hang it up from your waist, bride<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nEarrings<\/h3>\n
Necklace<\/h3>\n
B\u00e2zubend | Armband<\/em><\/h3>\n
Bilezik |\u00a0Bracelet<\/em><\/h3>\n
Anklet<\/h3>\n