Aegean islands (1391 Subjects)
Small mosque in Rhodes.
Fountain in a village of Rhodes.
Traditional female costume of Rhodes.
Traditional female costume of Rhodes.
Woman weaving on a loom.
Samos in 1830.
Circular dance of Greek women wearing costumes from different locations 1: Greek woman from Izmir (Smyrna). 2: Woman from Patmos. 3: Woman from Chios. 4, 6: Women from Bulgaria. 5: Woman from Tinos or nearby island. 7: Young woman from Izmir (Smyrna).
Noblemen's traditional costume from Chios, previous to 1822. Original gouache in author's collection.
Title page. Ancient coin from Chios.
View of the Kampos in the early 19th century. Watercolour by Sir William Gell, in author's collection.
Map of Chios.
ΠΕΥΚΙ (Pefki): Byzantine textile belonging to Nea Moni monastery in Chios.
Details from Pefki, Byzantine textile belonging to Nea Moni monastery in Chios.
Infant's shirt from Chios (early 18th century). Original in author's collection.
Pounghi (bag or pouch) belonging to affluent woman from Chios (second half of the 18th century). Original in author's collection.
Man's pounghi (pouch) from Chios, early 19th century. Original in author's collection.
Brostomántilo or stithopano (breast cloth), from Pyrgi (Chios), c.1850. Original in author's collection.
Manikettia (cuffs) from silk and cotton, Pyrgi (Chios), late 19th century. Original in author's collection.
Piece of Psarokokkália (knitted cotton fabric) from Pyrgi, Chios (late 19th century). Original in author's collection.
Woven cotton bag from Kallimasia, Chios. Original in author's collection.
Boustomániko (short shirt) from silk and cotton, Pyrgi (Chios), 1936. Original in author's collection.
Stithópano (breast cloth) with silk and cotton from Viki (Chios), second half of the 18th century. Original in author's collection.
Infant's shirt from Kourounia (Chios), late 18th century . Original in author's collection.
Rizá, kerchief from Volissos (Chios), late 18th or early 19th century. Original in author's collection.
Manikéttia (cuffs) from child's costume, Agio Gala (Chios), early 19th century. Originals in author's collection.
Sélla (breast kerchief), Volissos, early 19th century. Original in author's collection.
Men's costumes, 15th century. From Codex Berianus Chiensis, Biblioteca Civica Berio, Genoa.
Men's Costume, 16th century. Detail from panoramic view of Chios from “Civitates Orbis Terrarum” by Georgius Braun and Franz Hogenberg, Köln, 1573.
Men's, women's and child's costumes from Nenita (Chios), 17th century: Fresco from the church of Panagia Kyra Velidaina. Reproduction from facsimile in author's collection of original fresco drawn in situ by Arnold Smith.
Men's costume from Chios, 1670. From anonymous manuscript belonging to the library of Amiens (1667-1670). Copy in author's collection.