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2. Ottoman (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Over the subsequent generation, the ottoman became a common piece of bedroom furniture. European ottomans standardized on a smaller size than the traditional Turkish ottoman, and in the 19th century they took on a circular or octagonal shape. The seat was divided in the center by arms or by a central, padded column that might hold a plant or ...

3. Oculus (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   An oeil-de-boeuf (French: [œj.də.bœf]; English: "bull's eye"), also œil de bœuf and sometimes anglicized as ox-eye window, is a relatively small elliptical window, typically for an upper storey, and sometimes set in a roof slope as a dormer, or above a door to let in natural light. These are relatively small windows, traditionally oval.

4. Ottoman architecture - Wikipedia

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   Ottoman cemeteries were also gardens and were often established next to mosques. Large Ottoman küllliye complexes, which consisted of a mosque with other charitable and religious buildings around it, were often set inside an outer enclosure. The grounds and common spaces of these enclosures were planted with grass and trees, around which the ...

5. Ottoman architecture in Egypt - Wikipedia

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   The renovation added extensive Ottoman Iznik tile decoration on the qibla wall and in the attached tomb he built for himself. [25] [26] Another example of a Mamluk building repurposed is the 14th-century Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa'di, which an Ottoman pasha gifted in 1607 to the Mevlevis, a Sufi order popular in the Ottoman Empire. [27]

6. Early Ottoman architecture - Wikipedia

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   In Ottoman baths the cold room (soğukluk) is generally omitted or combined with the changing room (known as the camekân or soyunmalık). [58] [59] [62] This room is often the largest domed chamber in the complex and the transition between the dome and the square chamber is often accomplished with squinches, "Turkish triangles", or decorative ...

7. Pouf - Wikipedia

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   The pouf was a very elaborate and time-consuming hairstyle; hours were needed to create it. To create the base, a very thin metal frame was used to structure the shape. Also a triangular pillow (pouf, toque) was used as support. The frame was then padded and intertwined with pomaded false hair 'postiches', and one's own hair would be taken in ...