Bridal Outfit (Entari, Long Jacket and Shoes)

The entari is made of turquoise satin embroidered in various stitches using silver-gilt thread. The bridal outfit is completed by a matching h›rka (long jacket) made of the same fabric and lined with red fox fur, and matching heeled shoes with uppers of the same fabric and leather soles. The tailored bodice of the entari is lengthened by flaps of fabric that fall over the skirt, giving the entari the appearance of being a two-piece skirt and blouse. The front of the bodice is decorated with frills. The skirt flares out from the waist downwards. The scalloped hem is trimmed with a tiny pleated frill. The jacket has a round neck and fitted sleeves, and opens down the front. The shoes of the same fabric are embroidered in silver. and decorated at the toe with a blue-tasselled flower.
References: Çağman, F., Selçuklu-Osmanlı Dönemi, Çağlarboyu Anadolu’da Kadın, Anadolu Kadınının 9000 Yılı, Istanbul 1993, p. 278, C 167; Yılmaz, H.–Ş. Akalın, “İslam-Türk Bölümü”, Sadberk Hanım Müzesi, İstanbul 1995, p.142, no.2; Görünür, L., Anıların Aynasında Moda, Sadberk Hanım Müzesi Koleksiyonu’nda Ondokuzuncu Yüzyıl Kadın Kıyafetleri, P dergisi, S.12, İstanbul 1998, p. 92; Kademoğlu, O., Çeyiz Sandığı, İstanbul 1999, p.356; Görünür, L., Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun Son Döneminden Kadın Giysileri, Sadberk Hanım Müzesi Koleksiyonu / Women's Costume of the Late Ottoman Era from the Sadberk Hanım Museum Collection, Sadberk Hanım Museum Publication, İstanbul 2010, pp. 220 - 223.