TY - JOUR
T1 - Lord Byron (1788-1824) in Albanian dress
T2 - A Sartorial Response to the Ottoman Empire
AU - Scarce, Jennifer M.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Europeans of many kinds-diplomats, soldiers, merchants, romantic adventurers, and artists-traveled in increasing numbers to the Ottoman Empire from the sixteenth century onward. Frequently, they adopted local dress for many reasons: courtesy to their host country, security in traveling to remote regions, curiosity. Among the garments that have survived is the complete Albanian dress which George Gordon, Lord Byron, purchased in Epirus in 1809. This article explores the dress as worn by Byron, its context in the richly varied tradition of Ottoman regional dress, and its use a symbol of national identity after the recognition of an independent Greek state in 1832.
AB - Europeans of many kinds-diplomats, soldiers, merchants, romantic adventurers, and artists-traveled in increasing numbers to the Ottoman Empire from the sixteenth century onward. Frequently, they adopted local dress for many reasons: courtesy to their host country, security in traveling to remote regions, curiosity. Among the garments that have survived is the complete Albanian dress which George Gordon, Lord Byron, purchased in Epirus in 1809. This article explores the dress as worn by Byron, its context in the richly varied tradition of Ottoman regional dress, and its use a symbol of national identity after the recognition of an independent Greek state in 1832.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050893487&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3998/ars.13441566.0047.007
DO - 10.3998/ars.13441566.0047.007
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85050893487
VL - 47
SP - 158
EP - 177
JO - Ars Orientalis
JF - Ars Orientalis
SN - 0571-1371
ER -