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Detail from a painting entitled “Dames levantines en coiffure d’intérieur.”

Antoine de Favray, oil on canvas, 96 x 128 cm., 1764. One of Favray’s (1706-1798) orientalist works. The women being Levantine makes it possible to believe in the veracity of the scene. The 18th century Levantine women formed a habit of dressing and using jewelry like Ottoman women. Jewels are depicted with great detail. Besides the ostentatious rings likely to be “Divanhane nails,” the earrings ornamenting the ears of the women remind those eardrops of the Topkapı Palace Museum (TSM, 2/7532). Toulouse, Musée des Augustins, Inv. D 180322.

Pair of Ottoman almond-shaped earrings with bowknot, like the one worn by the figure in the center. Height 5 cm.

“Divanhane nail” similar to the ring on the finger of the figure on the left of the painting. Gold, silver and diamond, rose-cut, diameter 20 mm.

Pair of drooping earrings, similar to those worn by the figures on the left and the right of the painting. 19th century, height 4.9 cm, width 1.4 cm, the top of the approximately 35 carat emerald is crowned by a lobed piece. The front of these sheets is ornamented with diamonds.

Emerald ring ornamented with diamonds, similar to the one worn by the figure on the left of the painting. Diameter: 9 mm.

Belt and tombac belt buckle with the tughra of Selim III on the back, similar to the one worn by the figure in the center of the painting.

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