Turkish Chamber Servants with Dishes, Censer and Pipe, Lithograph, 1842
€ 195
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1842
Mapmaker / artist
Published by Giuseppe Antonelli
Publisher
Giuseppe Antonelli, Venice
Technique
Lithograph
Coloring
Hand colored
Sheet size
28 × 20 cm (11.0 × 7.9 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13061-116
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Light wear to the bottom right, top left and bottom left corners; minor nicks to the right edge. Light age toning; light handling soiling along the edges and a few small spots in the margins. Printed image clean.
About this sheet
This original antique lithograph, hand colored, comes from the Galleria Universale di Tutti i Popoli del Mondo (Venice, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1842). The upper image shows two servants walking to the right. The first, in a tall dark cap wrapped with a yellow turban, wears a long white robe with yellow banded sleeves, a red sash and a white shawl, and carries a plate heaped with a yellow mound. The second, in the same headdress, wears a long white robe patterned with red and yellow flowers and carries a tray with a bulbous ewer and a censer giving off a cloud of gray smoke. The lower image shows two more servants before hills and trees. The man at the left in a white and yellow turban and a long ocher robe with a red sash holds a long stemmed pipe, its bowl resting on the ground, and a small dark pouch. The man at the right, in a turban and a white robe scattered with red flowers, carries a small jug on a dish in his outstretched hand.
The lettering reads "Tav 116" at the top left, "TURCHIA EUROPEA" at the center and "Tom IV" at the top right. Both images carry the same caption, "Camerieri" (chamber servants).
The plate belongs to the section of the volume on European Turkey, the provinces of the Ottoman Empire in Europe. In Italian "camerieri" are household attendants, and the dishes, censer and pipe show the services these men performed.
A decorative piece for a collection of Eastern costume or a room with a Turkish theme.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
