The Corset and the Crinoline. Chapter VII. Starving and Lacing. Louis XVI Dress in 1776. George III.
Tag: Regency period
Portrait of Queen Catherine Paulovna of Württemberg
Miniature portrait of Queen Katharina Paulowna (Romanova) of Württemberg c.1820, daughter of Paul I of Russia by Dietrich Jakob Christian Mathes.
Costumes during the Republic under Washington and Adams.
Historic dress in America during the Republic under George Washington and John Adams.
The Kit-Cat club. Clubs and club life in London
This famous Club was a threefold celebrity—political, literary, and artistic. It was the great Society of Whig leaders, gallant as well as political.
Attitudes by Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815)
Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815) was a Europe-wide celebrated beauty, artist and socialite of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century.
Library Window Curtain. Regency era 1815.
Design for grand architectural additions and drapes that add Palladian or Venetian proportions to a narrow window bay.
Empire Romantic. Young lady wears a ballroom ensemble of the 1820’s.
History of Costume. Empire Romantic Era of the middle or late 1820’s. Young lady wears a ballroom ensemble. Young man dressed in evening clothes.
A splendid example of the late 1820’s fashion. Romantic period.
The hand bag and parasol illustrate two of the most common accessories of the 19th century.
Promenade dress. London Regency fashion 1824.
London fashions 1824. Regency Promenade dress. Pelisse of levantine silk, or Terry velvet, of a rich brown colour (couleur d’oreille d’ours).
BAKING OR BOILING APPLES at STRATFORD PLACE
BAKING OR BOILING APPLES. London 1804.
Auguste Racinet. The Costume History by Françoise Tétart-Vittu.
Racinet's Costume History is an invaluable reference for students, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians; and a rich source of inspiration for anyone with an interest in clothing and style. Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted.
Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through to the end of the 19th century, the six volume work remains completely unique in its scope and detail. “Some books just scream out to be bought; this is one of them.” ― Vogue.com