Chinese National Day. Tien An Men parade 1954.
Chinese National Day. Tien An Men parade.
Category: Asia
Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.
Bukyan. An Ida or Brahmin of Bali.
Bukyan.
Chief Sereedoghee at Rangoon, Burma.
A Chief Sereedoghee at the Court of Amarapoorah, Rangoon, Burma.
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)
Japanese Festivals and Holidays. 19th c.
Japanese Festivals and Holidays
A Trooper at the Court of Amarapoorah. Burma.
A Trooper at the Court of Amarapoorah.
Ruins about the Taj Mahal, Agra.
The pleasure-grounds belonging to the Taj Mahal are watered daily during the dry season; and they are clothed in perpetual verdure, while the surrounding country is a wilderness.
Whonghee. Female slave attendants. Burma.
A Whonghee or First Minister’s wife in her Hackery with female slave attendants.
Sheikh Abdallah I. Ibn Saud. Imam of the Wahhabi.
Sheikh Abdallah I. ibn Saud. Sketched from life by Sir J. Sutherland.
A Chinaman. Chinese Mandarin and the dog as a sign of dignity.
The dog is a sign of dignity both in China and Siam. It appears at the portrait VAN TA GIN in Barrow’s Travels in China wears on his breast.
Gentleman of Loo Choo in his Cloak. Japan 1816.
Gentleman of Loo Choo in his Cloak
