Sultan Mahmud I (1696-1754) was from 1730 to 1754 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Mahmud was the son of Mustafa II. and was during the Patrona Halil Rebellion-instead of his uncle… Read More
Sultan Mahmud I. Emperor of the Ottoman Empire.
Category: 18th Century
Costume and Fashion History during the 18th Century. Clothing of the Late Baroque, Rococo, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Rose Bertin Minister of Fashion at the court of Marie Antoinette. The French Revolution fashion period of Incroyables and Merveilleuses. The Georgians and Regency period.
Clarissa Harlowe by Samuel Richardson 1748.
Clarissa Harlowe ARRESTED on a charge of debt, Clarissa has been taken to the sponging-house. There Lovelace visits her. After describing the forlorn room she occupies, he says :
Rob Roy parting Rashleigh and Francis Osbaldistone. Sir Walter Scott.
Rob Roy is the sixth of Walter Scott’s Waverley novels. He wrote the book in the spring of 1817 and visited Loch Lomond and Glasgow Cathedral for research.
Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne.
Novel published from 1759 to 1767, by Laurence Sterne.
Short puffed sleeves costume. Guirlande de Mousse mêlée de fleurs.
Journal des dames et des modes. Costumes parisien 1798. Guirlande de Mousse mêlée de fleurs. Manches courtes, gonflées sur l’avant – bras. Ceinture, formée dun Ruban rayé, à carreaux.
Linon shawl, trimmed with applied tape. Regency 1798.
Linon shawl, trimmed with applied tape. Triple chaîne d’or à maillons plats, servant de bandeau. Schall de Linon, bordé d’un ruban appliqué. Journal des dames et des modes. Costumes parisien… Read More
Jeune Dame vêtue d’une Robe à la Circassienne 1775
Young lady dressed in a Circassian dress lined with painted complaint stripes, in the newest taste. Court dress during the reign of Louis XVI in Versailles.
Modes Parisiennes in the Reign of Louis XVI. 1787
Modes Parisiennes in the Reign of Louis XVI. Modes Parisiennes Règne de Louis XVI. d’après Debucourt 1787 Associated to: Fashion in the Reign of Louis XVI. 1774 to 1780.… Read More
Fashion in the Reign of Louis XV. The Regency.
Fashion between the Regency of the Duke of Orleans and the reign of Louis XV 1715 to 1774. Both acted on the same motto: “All for pleasure.”
The Imperial Travelling Palace at the Hoo kew shan.
The locality is one of the most famed in Chinese history, for its romantic scenery