The Turkish dwelling (Türkisches Wohnhaus) was one of the five pavilions that represented the Ottoman Empire at the world’s fair in Vienna in 1873. It was planned by the architect and decorator Pietro Montani and built by workers who came from the Ottoman Empire to Vienna in 1872. The dwelling had eleven chambers and featured a harem, a selamlık, a kitchen, a bath covered in marble, and a heating chamber. While its appearance was simple from the outside, the interior was opulently decorated, with ceilings of elaborate design, wooden furniture with mother-of-pearl inlays, tapestry, curtains in many colours, including gold, and stucco and glass windows (Sweny, 1874, p. 304).

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