The head builds a long wedge which tapers to a fine muzzle. The nose is absolutely straight and long. The jaws are fine built. When viewed in profile, a long straight line can be seen, which starts at the top of the head and continues straight to the tip of the nose. When viewed from the front, the outer edges of the head build a long triangle.
The skull is rounded, in some organizations the top shall be flat.
The neck is long, slender and graceful, thus emphasizing the elegant lines of the Siamese.
The eyes are almond in shape and slanted to the base of the ears. Their colour is of a striking deep blue. This combination between the almond shape and the oblique placement of the eyes emphasizes the oriental appearance of the Siamese.
The ears are large, wide at their base, thus completing the triangular shape of the head and continuing the outer lines of the head.

The coat is extremely short, very fine and lies sleek to the body. When you stroke the coat you get the feeling of pure silk. The main characteristic of the Siamese is the coat colour, the Siamese is a pointed cat, i.e. the colour is restricted to very few parts of the body. In the face there is a mask, ears, legs and tail are coloured, the rest of the body is almost white. This contrast between the coloured points, the white body and the deep blue eyes makes this breed very attractive.

The tail is very long, rather thin and tapers to its tip.

History

It is supposed that the Siamese is originated in Siam (Thailand). On ancient paintings one can see an elegant cat, whose ears, paws and tail are dark coloured, with a mask on its face.
The sealpoint Siamese was known as the Royal Cat of Siam, because it was found in palaces. It seems to be well known in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, the ancient capital of Siam, founded in 1350 and destroyed by fire during the Burmese invasion of 1767.

"The Cat Book of Poems" (Tamra Maew, written between 1350 - 1765) describes sealpoint Siamese with pale coat, having black tails, feet and ears with white hair and blue eyes.

	The 8th cat Wi-Chi-An-Maad (Diamant) or Wichien Maas (moon diamond) - Siam, Thai.
	Smud Khoi of Cats (also written as Smut Khoi ), a copy of the script Tamra Maew, which was written by a monk, named Somdej Phra Buddhacharn Buddhasarmahathera between 1868-1910.
	Picture with the friendly permission of Henk Keers, Siau Tsj'oe cattery, Netherlands. After a manuscript in the ownership of Debbie Howard
	Siamese and Thai claim the same source.

An early description of the sealpoint Siamese in 1676 calls the breed "Vichien Mas" ("diamond mouth") and drawings show an extreme expression of the colourpoint pattern (dark ears, nose, paws and whiskers).
In 1884, the departing British Consul Edward Blencowe Gould (1847–1916) was given a pair of Siamese cats, named Pho and Mia - it is said by the Siamese king, which he brought to England as a gift for his sister Lilian Jane Veley. In 1885 the two cats of Mrs. Veley, Pho and Mia, produced three Siamese kittens, named Duen Ngai, Kalohom, and Khromata, which were exhibited together in 1885 in the famous Crystal Palace Show in London.
Mrs. Vyvyan, from Dover, writes to Harrison Weir:
"The original pair were sent from Bangkok, and it is believed that they came from the King's Palace, where alone the breed are said to be kept pure. At any rate they were procured as a great favour, after much delay and great difficulty, and since that time no others have been attainable by the same person. We were in China when they reached us, and the following year, 1886, we brought the father, mother, and a pair of kittens to England."

But already in 1878 the wife of the U.S. president Rutherford B. Hayes, Lucy Webb Hayes, received a Siamese cat, which was named "Siam", as gift from the American Consul in Bangkok.

The early Siamese of England and America resemble very little the modern type of today's Siamese. Those Siamese had a shorter body, round eyes and a round head, and were called 'apple head'. See the Siamese breed standard by Harrison Weir of 1892.
"I take it, therefore, that the true breed, by consensus of opinion, is that of the dun, fawn, or ash-coloured ground, with black points. Other colours should be shown in the variety classes.
The head should be long from the ears to the eyes, and not over broad, and then rather sharply taper off towards the muzzle, the forehead flat, and receding, the eyes somewhat aslant downwards towards the nose, and the eyes of a pearly, yet bright blue colour, the ears usual size and black, with little or no hair on the inside, with black muzzle, and round the eyes black.
The form should be slight, graceful, and delicately made, body long, tail rather short and thin, and the legs somewhat short, slender, and the feet oval, not so round as the ordinary English cat.
The body should be one bright, uniform, even colour, not clouded, either rich fawn, dun, or ash. The legs, feet, and tail black. The back slightly darker is allowable, if of a rich colour, and the colour softened, not clouded."

Siamese points according Harrison Weir.
Source: see Literature

The first champion Siamese, Wankee, was born in Hong Kong on September 28 in 1895 and exhibited in 1898.
"The Book of the Cat" of 1903, written by Frances Simpson, includes contributions from several breeders of Siamese cats, acknowledging that also blue, black, white and tabby existed in Siam, but states that only the "Royal Siamese" and "Chocolate Siamese" were recognized in England at that time.

Source: see Literature

The first Siamese fanciers club was founded in Britain in 1902, at which time they were apparently variable in type, with a compact type or with a lithe type.
Breeders in the USA, end of the 1960s, and breeders in Britain worked with different colours of Siamese-typed cats e.g. ebonies, reds, chestnuts and lavender. Lynx-points (tabby points) were bred in Britain. Tabby Point Siamese had been mentioned as early as 1902 in Britain. Between 1944 and 1949, they were bred in Scotland and known as Silverpoint Siamese. In 1966 the Tabby Point Siamese was granted recognition by the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF).
During the early 1960s, the "robust" Siamese lost out to the longer thinner type, and by 1986 the old-style Siamese had vanished from the shows. In the 1960s a large amount of Siamese could be admired on American exhibitions, 50 up to 60 cats were quite usual. This started to change in the 1980s, and today already a class of 10 Siamese is considered as a large class.

Temperament

Siamese cats are talkative cats, they can get quite loud sometimes. Females, which are in heat, and lonely studs can cry with an ear splitting voice. The Siamese loves to communicate with her owner. They are active cats, who like to play. If they feel lonely without any playmate, they create one, and anything will be dedicated to become their playmate. Siamese like to jump quite high, but they keep their balance between the narrowest things with great elegance, thus disrupting or disturbing very seldom something.
Siamese are not outdoor cats, they like a cozy warm place - their normal body temperature is 1°C higher than in other cats. They like to sleep on top of radiators, the television or the computer, or anything which creates heat.
Siamese love their owners and demand attention and affection, they enjoy riding on their shoulders or cuddling on their knees, or to cuddle in bed under a warm blanket.
These extremely intelligent cats make very good companions for people, who like to have constant companionship. Siamese will follow you, wherever you go, if you sit down, they will sit on your lap, if you eat, they will sit besides you on the chair, without being demanding or begging for food, if go to bed, they will enjoy to sleep in your bed with you. Siamese will be your friends for a life time.

Grooming

Siamese require little grooming. Rubbing their coat with chamois skins will remove dead hears and will produce a silk-like glistening coat.