The koto was introduced from China to Japan during the Nara period (710-793) as an instrument of court music (Gagaku).
Japanese koto. Instrument for traditional Japanese music.
Category: 20th Century
English roses around 1900: history and varieties
English roses: history and varieties
Model dresses by Jean Patou and Bernard & Cie in September 1929.
Les Créations Parisiennes. La Mode est un Art. Paris 1929.
Another old custom gone. Jean Patou. Jeanne Hallée. Molyneux.
Another old custom gone. Art-Goût-Beauté. October 1923. Fashion by Jean Patou, Jeanne Hallée, Molyneux.
Wall Papers, designed by Walter Crane, 1918.
Fig and Peacock. Golden Age. Wood Notes.
La Jeune Locrienne. Chapeau de Camille Roger, 1922.
Straw hat with horsehair ribbons. Locrian, resident of Locride (ancient Greece).
A few pretty novelties. Creations by Premet & Jean Patou. 1923.
A few pretty novelties. Premet has made a black velvet dress with an edging of paste diamond lace. Philippe et Gaston put large diamond squares on white Georgine crepe.
Vision of Elegance. Getting ready for Deauville. Juli 1923.
Getting ready for Deauville. The parsienne is already enjoying foretastes of the idyllic delights of country life.
Dutch costume. Girl of Marken, Holland, 1910.
Dutch costume. Girl of Marken, Holland, 1910. The people of Holland by Nico Jungman.
Mrs. Condé Nast, Clarisse Coudert, fashion designer, 1917.
Mrs. Condé Nast wearing one of the famous Fortuny tea gowns.