Category: Baroque

Louis XIV and the officers in the livery of the royal house.

Louis XIV, Livery, Arras, state carriage, coach, baroque, France, clothing, costumes

The fragments shown here are borrowed from a painting by Van der Maulen depicting the entry of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa into Arras after the beginning of the campaign in 1667. The Queen’s Marstall. The grand stable master. Ladies of honour. The Gardes du Corps. The king’s chariot.

Woman’s dress. Fashion in Europe 16th & 17th century. Ruffs. Hairstyles.

Ruffs, fashion, Tudor, renaissance, mode, spanische hoftracht

The Italian fashion in France. The collars of the dresses. Metal and wooden corsets. Display of fine lingerie. The passementerie works and laces. The rules of etiquette. The expansion of ruffs.