French lady of the suite of Mary Stuart in 1560.

Dame Française de la suite de Marie Stuart. French lady of the suite of Mary Stuart in 1560.

England Tudor fashion era. Renaissance period.

Mary Stuart (Stuart is the French spelling of Stewart) was born on 8th December 1542 as the only legitimate daughter of King James V of Scotland and his second wife Marie de Guisein in Linlithgow Palace (Linlithgow is the former capital of the Scottish county whose official name is now West Lothian).

She was 1542-1567 as Mary I Queen of Scots, and by marriage to Francis II, Queen of France from 1558 to 1560. On 8 February 1587 she was executed at Fotheringhay Castle and later buried by her son James I in Westminster Abbey.

Source: Costumes historiques, de la ville ou de théâtre et travestissements. Author: Achille Devéria (French, 1800–1857) and José Domínguez Bécquer. Publisher Paris: Goupil et Vibert 1831. Publisher London: Charles Tilt 1839. Printed by: Lemercier & Cie. Editorially restored.

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Mary Stuart, Queen of France and Scotland 1542-1587.

Linlithgow Palace. Favourite residence of the Scottish kings.

French bourgeois clothing from 1485-1510. Men’s and women’s hairstyle.

St. Germain the ancient residence of the kings of France.

Shoe fashion of authentic specimens. Ladies’ old-fashioned shoes 1885.

Transitional Female costume. Elizabethan fashion 1550 to 1620.

Album of historical hairstyles. Album de coiffures historiques par E. Nissy.

16th century costume and fashion history. European renaissance.

The hoop skirt and its development within the history of costumes.

Elizabethan. Explorer of noble rank. Woman of the upper classes.

Feminine Elizabethan ensemble of the 16th c. England Tudor era.

Woman’s dress. Fashion in Europe 16th & 17th century. Ruffs. Hairstyles.

Elizabethan peasant costume scene. Woman with children 1550-1620.

Typical and splendid examples of Elizabethan clothing in the 16th century.

Fashion under the Reign of Charles IX. 1560 to 1574.

Fashion in the Reign of Henri III. 1574 to 1589. Spanish court dress.

The Commedia dell’Arte. Italian Renaissance Theater.

Enameled Jewels with rubies, emeralds, pearls. 16th century.

On the history of costumes. The Munich Picture Gallery 1848 to 1898.