Danijel Gorupec Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 Not a scientific one, but might still be hard to answer.... what is this head garment depicted on the 1753 Leonhard Euler portrait by Emanuel Handmann? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_Euler#mediaviewer/File:Leonhard_Euler.jpg I always wondered.
Sato Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 It appears to be a silk headdress according to http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/Handmann.pdf. Euler, which has decorated postage stamps, is a good example of the characteristic attention paid to the silk headdress and striped robe. This interest in accessories makes it unsurprising that he turned to the 1714 Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant (assembled by M. de Ferriol, French ambassador to the Porte) for the inspiration for Esther Mutach- Steiger as la Sultane Reine.
Strange Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 Great question! At first I thought it was a chaperon, but they were out of fashion by then. It actually seems to be a sort of turban-influenced thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaperon_%28headgear%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2013_September_9#18thC_Head_dress
Danijel Gorupec Posted January 21, 2015 Author Posted January 21, 2015 Oh, I think both of you made most excellent finds. Thanks.... When I was I kid I was thinking that Euler is maybe wearing a pajama. In the meantime I learned that portraits usually show the best outfit a person had.
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