Photograph of Osman Hüdaverdi and Pembe Osman no. 028

Wedding photograph of a couple taken in 1930, probably outdoors, although there is a background hanging on the wall. The man, Osman Hüdaverdi (1898-1977), is sitting on a village chair with his right leg crossed over the left. The lady, Pembe Osman Hüdaverdi (1912-1995), is standing on the left side of her husband. This is an exception, since, as a rule, Turkish Cypriot wedding photographs show the bride standing on the right side of the groom. Osman, with short hair and a moustache with ends turning upwards, is wearing a tall Ottoman fez with a headscarf (yemeni) wound around its lower part. The scarf is decorated with carnation lace patterns (karanfil oya). Over a white shirt with thin linear motifs and collar, he wears a coat made of cashmere fabric, with a silk handkerchief in its breast pocket; this ‘modern’ coat is matched with traditional black knee-breeches (kara dizlik) and a white, woollen loom-woven sash around the waist. The black, hand-knitted stockings, which reach up to the knee, are decorated with white carnation patterns arranged in three superimposed series, each with a composition of three flowers. Black laced shoes (decorated with a band on the front) with heels made of thick sole leather, complete the attire. The lady wears an elaborate ruffled white headdress which falls down over her shoulders and leaves exposed the front of her wavy, parted hair. She wears a calf-length loose white layered dress with scalloped hems and long loose sleeves. A flower is pinned on the right of her chest. She holds a patterned umbrella in her left hand. She wears white stockings and white satin shoes.