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IG_453: Nr. 822. Türkisches Café. Weltausstellung 1873, Wien
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Title

‘Nr. 822. Türkisches Café.’

Type of Object
Dimensions
10.6 x 16.1 cm
Artist / Producer
Löwy, Josef · Photographer
Studio
Dating
1873
Location
Inventory Number
27953/32
Research Project
Author and Date of Entry
Franziska Niemand 2025

Iconography

Description

This photograph shows the Turkish coffeehouse (Türkisches Café), one of the Ottoman pavilions at the 1873 Weltausstellung in Vienna. It is an elevated, single-storied edifice with projecting roof and veranda. Above the regular windows are pointed-arch stucco and glass windows, but owing to the presence of awnings, they appear partially covered on this photograph. Nevertheless, the general layout, a central field with flowers in a vase-like vessel surrounded by a band of cartouches, is visible.

Iconclass Code
41A33 · window
Iconclass Keywords

Materials, Technique and State of Preservation

Technique

Albumen print.

History

Research

Photographs documenting the Turkish pavilions are solely in black and white, but written sources mention that the sunlight shone through the windows of the Turkish coffeehouse in many different colours (Von der Wiener Weltausstellung, 1873, p. 481).

The typology, with a framing band with cartouches and a central field with flowers in a vase, is documented for other Ottoman stucco and glass windows. In particular, the book on Ottoman architecture published on the occasion of the world’s fair in Vienna shows a pointed-arch window with a similar surrounding band with cartouches, next to a pointed-arch window that has flowers in a vase as its central motif (IG_225). Today, examples of this kind can be found in situ, for instance in the hünkar kasrı of the Yeni Cami (New Mosque) built in the 11th century AH / 17th century CE in Eminönü, Istanbul.

While examples of windows with a framing band with cartouches are rare in Western collections, the motif of flowers in a vase is very common (see for example IG_1, IG_166, IG_176, IG_359).

Dating
1873
Related Locations
Place of Manufacture

Bibliography and Sources

Literature

Von der Wiener Weltausstellung. Das türkische Café (21.06.1873). Illustrierte Zeitung, 1564, 480–481.

Exhibitions

1873: Weltausstellung, Vienna

Image Information

Name of Image
AUT_Wien_WienMuseum_IG_453
Credits
Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 27953/32, CC0 (https://sammlung.wienmuseum.at/objekt/117104/)
Copyright
Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 27953/32, CC0 (https://sammlung.wienmuseum.at/objekt/117104/)

Citation suggestion

Niemand, F. (2025). ‘Nr. 822. Türkisches Café.’. In Vitrosearch. Retrieved July 1, 2025 from https://test.vitrosearch.ch/objects/2713297.

Record Information

Reference Number
IG_453