As the botanist detects among the hills and valleys some choice and unexpected prize, so you, amid Parisian vulgarities, have encountered a rare and exquisite blossom! It is the PARISIAN LADY!-the “FEMME COMME IL FAUT.”
PAYSAN DU CANTON DE BÂLE.
Collection de Costumes Suisses. London 1822.
BAKING OR BOILING APPLES. London 1804.
The motifs show costumes of the Ottoman court during the reign of Mahmoud II. Elbicei Atika was the name of a costume museum in Constantinople, originally located in the armoury of the Seraglio.
Peasant art. Examples of Embroidery. Portion of an Old Carpet.
Opera costume for Sadko by Natalia Goncharova. Russian folk tale.
Inhabitant of Moguer, Andalusia Spain around 1890s. Residente de Moguer, Andalucía España Résident de Moguer, Andalousie Espagne
First Empire Fashion and Hairstyles from 1800 to 1810. According to the fashion journals of the time. Modes et Coiffures de 1800 a 1810. D après les journaux de mode de… Read More
Nupe woman around 1878. Nupe (also called Nufe or Nyfe) was once a tributary empire to the Sultan of Gwandu, in central Niger
Chinese wife with bound feet, 1891.
