Graeca Faemina Perana, Graeca Faemina Mitylenaea

Engraving, part of 'Habitus variarum orbis gentium' (Costumes of the various peoples of the world), representing the costumes of men and women from various parts of the world, engraved after designs by Boissard and published by Rutz in 1581.

This engraving represents a Greek woman from Pera and two Greek women from Mytilene. On the left, the woman from Pera wears a high-waisted, draped gown over a long skirt with train, brocaded with a pattern of scrolling foliage, and with a brocaded shawl with a pattern of scrolling foliage and fringed edges on her shoulders. Her hair is tied into braids and she wears a tall hat without brim, also with brocaded foliage motifs on her head.

On the center, the first woman from Mytilene wears a loose dress made up of a high-waisted robe with fringed edges and long, wide sleeves over another loose, long skirt. A cape with brocaded floral motifs and tassels at the edge hangs behind her back, fastened under her chin with an oval brooch. She wears a large, crescent-shaped hat with scalloping edges and brocaded floral motifs tied with a wide strip of fabric around her chin.

On the right, the second woman from Mytilene wears a long, loose dress made up of a loose, wide-sleeved robe over a longer dress with train, and a crescent-shaped headdress with scalloping edges, made with a striped fabric, and tied around her neck with a piece of fabric that makes up a kind of short cape with scalloping edges over her shoulders.