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“Modes et Costumes Historiques“. Drawing by Xavier Willemin. Edited and steel engraving by Hippolyte Louis Emile and Polidor Jean Charles Pauquet. First published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin London, 1864. 1870 c. published by Bureaux des Modes et Costumes Historiques, Paris.

Anne de Bretagne (1477-1514) Duchess of Brittany, Queen of France.

Anne de Bretagne, Duchess of Brittany, Queen,France, Anne De Bretagne, 15th century, ceremonial robes, middle ages,costume, fashion, medieval clothing.

Anne de Bretagne (1477-1514)

Duchess of Brittany, Queen of France.

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This entry was posted in 15th Century, Court dress, France, Middle Ages, Modes et Costumes Historiques, Nobility, Renaissance and tagged Burgundian fashion period, Gothic costumes, Medieval costume, Renaissance fashion era on 1/10/15 by world4.

Marquis and Marquise dancing the Pas de rigaudon 1763.

Modes Parisiennes. Pas de rigaudon. Marquis, Marquise. Rococo fashion. Court dress in Versailles.

Modes Parisiennes. Marquis and Marquise dancing the Pas de rigaudon.

Modes Parisiennes. Marquis and Marquise dancing the Pas de rigaudon 1763.

Reign of Louis XV. Rococo fashion era. Court of Versailles.

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This entry was posted in 1760, 18th Century, Baroque, Court dress, France, French Ancien Régime fashion, Modes et Costumes Historiques, Nobility, Rococo and tagged Allonge wig, Baroque era, Dance costumes, Modes et Costumes Historiques, Rococo fashion on 12/21/13 by world4.

Nobleman in Spanish court dress 16th century

Ancien Régime fashion. Spanish clothing fashions. Renaissance nobility costume.

Nobleman in the Reign of Charles IX 1572

Nobleman in Spanish court dress in the Reign of Charles IX 1572. Renaissance period.

“Modes et Costumes Historiques“. Drawing by Xavier Willemin. Edited and steel engraving by Hippolyte Louis Emile and Polidor Jean Charles Pauquet. Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin London, 1864.