The Mingrelians are a Subethnie of the Georgians. They live in the historic region of Samegrelo, Guria and Odischi in western Georgia and Abkhazia in the southeast.
Megrelian. Georgia costume 1895.
Category: Asia
Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.
A Tibetan Vegetable Seller c.1910.
A Tibetan Vegetable Seller c.1910. Traditional Tibet merchant costume Gallery: Views of Darjeeling: With typical native portraits and groups by J. Burlington Smith.
Japan merchant of vegetables.
Japan merchant of vegetables. Un Marchand de Légumes au Japon.
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Paperback – December 7, 2021
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From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)
Old fashioned, traditional kimono from Japan 1895
Family Dance in Japan. Danse en Famille au Japon Published by Autour du Monde. Souvenirs de Voyages, Paris, L. Boulanger 1895
Persian dancer costume. In the Harem 1895.
Old fashioned Persian dancer costume.
Nepali cooly girls at Darjeeling tea field, c.1910.
Traditional Nepali Cooly Girls costumes c.1910.
An armed Tschutzkian with a Woman and Child.
An armed Tschutzkian with a Woman and Child. Un Tschoutzkien armé, avec une Femme et un Enfant. THE Tschutski, dwelling in the interior, and in the vicinity of the wandering… Read More
Knitting woman from Isfahan, Iran 1850.
Isfahan was the capital of the Persian Empire under the Sefevid dynasty between the 16th and 18th centuries.
Nepali cultivators c. 1910. Views of Darjeeling
Traditional Nepali Cultivators costumes c. 1910.
In the rickshaw. Carriage of old Japan in 1895.
In the rickshaw. Carriage of old Japan. La In rikischa. Voiture du Japon. Souvenirs de Voyages, Paris, L. Boulanger 1895
