Faemina Syriaca Damascena, Nobilis faemina Damascena, Faemina Caramana
Designer Jean Jacques Boissard French
Engraver Julius Goltzius Netherlandish
Publisher Caspar Rutz Netherlandish
Not on view
Engraving, part of 'Habitus variarum orbis gentium' (Costumes of the various peoples of the world), representing the costumes of men and women from various parts of the world, engraved after designs by Boissard and published by Rutz in 1581.
This engraving represents a Syrian woman from Damascus, a Damascene noblewoman, and a Caramanian woman. On the left, the Syrian woman wears a long dress with conical skirt under a long, striped shawl that covers her head and opper body. A veil with small hanging tassels covers her face under the hood formed by the shawl, leaving only her eyes visible under her clothes.
On the center, the Damascene noblewoman wears a long dressed with long puff sleeves and a conical skirt with a short train under a fringe-edged cape with polka dots, tied at the front of the neck with a jeweled brooch. A tall, pointed hat with scrolling leaf motifs holds her hair up, and from it hangs a veil that covers her face and upper body.
On the right, the Caramanian woman wears a short-sleeved mantle with a wide, round, scallop-edged collar over a long-sleeved robe. A long, pointed headdress is on her head, covered by a long shawl with a border of stripes and floral motifs and fringed edges.
