Three Swiss girls in traditional costumes. From the book: Living Races of Mankind. A popular illustrated account of the customs, habits, pursuits, feasts, and ceremonies of the races of mankind… Read More
Three Swiss girls in traditional costumes
Category: 20th Century
A Syrian girl in traditional dress at a spring.
A Syrian girl in traditional dress at a spring in 1902.
No masks by Kiyotoki-Shimomura
No masks by Kiyotoki-Shimomura By the death of Kiyotoki-Shimomura on May 29th, 1922, at the age of fifty-five, not only Nippon, but the world at large, lost a master carver… Read More
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Paperback – December 7, 2021
by Virginia Postrel (Author)
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)
Costume design by Marie-Louise Bruyère in 1950s.
Costume design by French couturier Marie-Louise Bruyère. Marie-Louise Bruyère (1918-1958), called Mme Bruyère (pronounced Broo-yair) was born in rural France, but her ambitious parents, Henri Bruyère and Jeanne Loubet,… Read More
Indoor costume. Constantinople 1902. Turkish woman.
Costume of an urban resident of Istanbul. Living Races of Mankind by Henry Neville Hutchinson
Maori Poi Dance, New Zealand 1913
Maori Poi Dance, New Zealand 1913.
Maori Carvings New Zealand 1913.
Maori Carvings New Zealand 1913. From the book: Picturesque New Zealand (1913) by Paul Gooding. Photography by Muir & Moodie; and Josiah Martin.
A Chola from La Paz wearing a Bowler hat.
A Chola from La Paz wearing a Bowler hat. The Bolivian chola of La Paz wears a small derby-like hat, which is made either of felt or of highly varnished… Read More
Traditional Huaso costume from Chile.
Traditional Huaso costume from Chile. The huaso, or cowboy of Chile´s central plain, is a picturesque, a character as the cowboy of North America`s western prairie. Illustration by Jo Bartas.
Coffee picker from Costa Rica in traditional clothes.
Coffee picker from Costa Rica in traditional clothes. Costa Rica, the catering and preparation of the coffee crop generally begin in November and continue until April. Illustration by Jo Bartas
