A digital archive showcasing the extensive collection of jewellery and adornment images shared on the former Ethnic Jewels Ning site over the years. These images have significantly enriched discussions on cultural adornment and its global dispersion.
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Beautiful! Especially the sleeves' ends!
Colours, embroidery, edging: are characteristic of the Izmir area. I add some pictures of similar robes (called 'üçetek' = robe with 'three panels') that I gathered from the web. The last one was labeled 'early 20th century Armenian', what means: originating from an Armenian family. In late-Ottoman society the upper-class Turks, Armenians, 'Rum' (Anatolian Greeks) and Jews shared the same fashion(s), only differing in some details (in the jewelry, for example). With kind regards,