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Zabelle Melikian, in calf-length dress with pattern and white sandals

Zabelle Melikian wearing a western coat and a head scarf

An older woman is pictured with a young girl, from Melikian familly photo album. Both are dressed in Western-style outfits, with the young girl wearing a knee-length dress featuring a pleated skirt, paired with matching socks and shoes. The older woman is wearing a long-sleeved jumper over a white blouse, a floor-length skirt, and white shoes.

Zabelle Melikian is wearing a short-sleeved, Western-style dress with floral details at the hip, made of light fabric, paired with tights and dark shoes.

The photograph depicts two women dressed in western-style outfits. The woman on the left is wearing a light-colored, floor-length skirt and a high-neck blouse. The woman on the right is wearing a long-sleeved, white blouse with collar and a floor-length skirt.

Melikian familly photo album

Zabelle Meutemediar Melikian is wearing a western-style skirt suit paired with a white frilly blouse and a bow tie.

Engagement purse and photograph

Engagement purse and photograph of Nazareth and Terfanda Terzian (Ναζαρέθ και Τερφάντα Τερζιάν) from Adana, in Asia Minor. The small metallic object is a mesh chain purse, typical of Art Nouveau. This fine accessory is made of sterling silver and is provided with a chain attached to a metallic frame with a kiss closure.

Engagement photograph of Mr. Nazareth and Mrs. Terfanda Terzian from 1908. The bride wears a European-style white wedding gown and an impressive white veil. She holds a  small purse which accompanied them from Adana to Damascus, then back to Adana, and finally to Cyprus. The purse was inherited by their daughter, Mrs. Honor Terzian Kooshgeman, and is currently in the possession of their granddaughter, Mrs. Sona Keoshgerian Kesterlian.

Nightgown and underwear belonging to Haiganoush HadjiTantian (Χαϊγκανούς ΧατζιTαρατιάν) Both pieces were made of woven silk fabric in off-white colour and were decorated with fine embroidery around the neckline and the hem. Originally, they belonged to Haiganoush’s  mother-in-law.

A small piece of Zabelle Melikian's wedding veil. The tulle features embroidered swans in their natural habitat.

Painting of Elize Boursayeressian. She is depicted wearing a western style outfit consisting of a short red coloured blouse with puffy sleeves that has been decorated at the waist with a pocket watch and a belt. It has also been decorated at the décolleté with small pink flowers. Furthermore, she is wearing a floor-length skirt and has further accessorized with a fan made of ostrich feathers, two rings, several bracelets, a large golden necklace and diamond earrings. Her hair is also styled in a western way.