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Ottoman footstools are often sold as coordinating furniture with armchairs, sofas, or gliders. Other names for this piece of furniture include footstool , [ 5 ] hassock , [ 6 ] pouf (sometimes spelled pouffe ), [ 7 ] [ 8 ] in Shropshire , England, the old dialect word tumpty , [ 9 ] and in Newfoundland humpty .
Footstools have been known for many years, and have evolved throughout history. The footstool is attested in ancient Egypt, where it was utilized to ascend chairs perched high off the ground. It was also used to rest a person's feet when he or she was seated. In the 18th century a low, long footstool called a fender stool was popular.
The earlier form were called "nalins" and originated during the Ottoman period. Nalins came to be artistic objects which indicated the wearer's social standing. As domestic baths became more common the rituals of the bath house declined and nalins were replaced with the simpler "takunya". Takunya are also worn outside of the bath house.
Non-Ottoman Muslims in the classical period called the Ottomans Rumis because of the Byzantine legacy that was inherited by the Ottoman Empire. [ 10 ] In the Sassanian period (pre-Islamic Persia), the word Hrōmāy-īg ( Middle Persian ) meant "Roman" or "Byzantine" and was derived from the Byzantine Greek word Rhomaioi .
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[1] [3] In the medieval period, seating consisted of benches, stools, and the very rare examples of throne-like chairs as an indication of status. The stools had two forms: the boarded [4] or Gothic [3] stool, a short bench with two board-like feet at the ends [3] and also the simple turned stool.
Mihrab of the Rüstem Pasha Mosque (1561–2), showing typical 16th-century decoration. The walls are covered with Iznik tiles at the beginning of their richest artistic phase, while in the center is a stone-carved muqarnas hood. Ottoman tiles attained a prominent role in decoration.
The first row of walls, 5 m high, protected a deep and wide moat with water (it was 20 m wide and in some places up to 10 m deep). The second row, 2-3 m wide and 10 m high, was reinforced by 15 m high towers. The third row, the most massive, was 6-7 meters thick and protected by towers 20 to 40 meters high.