Image: Saddle with shabrack according to tradition linked with Hetman Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski

Description: Saddle with shabrack according to tradition captured at Vienna in 1683 by the Crown Field Hetman, Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski. Together with the rest of the spoil it became the property of Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, great-grandson of the hetman. The saddle is a real masterpiece of the imperial Ottoman style. The wooden saddle with wings is covered with crimson velvet, embroidered with gilded thread. The embroidery was laid on parchment and pressed until smooth. The main decorative motif are large carnation flowers (tur. "Caranfil"). The fore-bow with a ball is lined with carved gilded silver, engraved, planted with jasper stones, turquoise and tourmalines. The back bow is similarly decorated. Under this saddle is a crimson-dyed leather shabrack embroidered with lily flowers. Turkey, 17th-century. Czartoryski Museum MNK XIV-511/1-2
Title: Siodło z czapraczkiem według tradycji "po hetmanie Mikołaju Hieronimie Sieniawskim"
Credit: This file comes from The National Museum in Kraków Digital Collection and is available under the digital ID 364875
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