Sheets for costume design: historical and folk costumes.
Tag: Traditional Caftan
The traditional caftan is a long woolen or silk shirt made of a chest and back piece that is belted over the hips. Usually men wore the caftan down to the knees, women down to the ankles.
Dress of Tambourine player. Veiled water wearer and Servant in 1850.
Tambourine player in the jilbab. Veiled water wearer in a chador. Servant with a turban, tarboosh, vests, harem pants belted with a wide cloth that Sal Sapik, (SAL û Sapik “pants and shirt”).
Turkish brocade on silk, caftan of Sultan Bayezid III (1448-1512)
Turkish brocade caftan. Turkish brocade on silk, caftan of Sultan Bayezid III (1448-1512)
Jewish traditional clothing in Germany, 18th c.
Jewish traditional clothing in Nuremberg 1710. German Baroque Period.
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