Japanese nobleman in historical costume with hand fans.
Japan. Nobleman costume in 1785
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.
Japanese nobleman with sword 1785.
Japanese samurai in historic figure 18th century, dressed in a beautiful kimono.
Turkish brocade on silk, caftan of Sultan Osman III (1699 – 1757)
Turkish brocade on silk, caftan of Sultan Osman III (1699 – 1757) Osman III. (Turkish Üçüncü Osman; 1699 – 1757) was the 25th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754… Read More
Benedictine monks in 1870, 19th century.
Benedictine monks in 1870, 19th century.
Habit of Augustinian Nuns who live by the rule of St. Augustine of Hippo.
Augustinians is a collective name for various orders and congregations of nuns and sisters, who live by the rule of St. Augustine of Hippo.
Dominican nuns in the 18th century. Roman Catholic religious order.
The Dominican nuns, religious abbreviation OP, Latin: Ordo fratrum Praedicatorum are a Roman Catholic religious order.
Habit of Ursuline Nuns. Society of St. Ursula. Monastic clothing.
Society of St. Ursula (Compagnia di Sant’Orsola Ursulines of the Roman Union / Ursulines de l’Union Romaine), Latin Ordo Sanctae Ursula.
Benedictine nuns. Habit of Religious Orders, 1780. Ordo Sancti Benedicti, OSB.
Habit of Religious Orders, 1780. Benedictine nuns. Ordo Sancti Benedicti, OSB.
“La Toilette” by François Bouche, 1742.
The famous painting, “La Toilette”, in 1742 by François Boucher shows an intimate scene from everyday life of the rococo in exceptional detail.
The Days of the Directoire. Costumes under the French Revolution.
Costume under the Revolution; Versailles no longer the arbiter of the mode – Anglomania, “Anticomania,” Rousseau, and a “return to Nature ” – Blonde perukes – Dresses à la Flore, à la Diane, etc. – The classical cothurnus; the “balantine ” – Pink silk tights and gauze veiled nudities – Impossibles and Incroyables; masculine dress à la Anglaise – Official costumes of National Representatives and of Directors – Barras’ little joke – A lady on contemporary fashions in Paris.
