German Biedermeier costumes 1850s.
German Biedermeier costumes 1850s.
Category: Empire
Hat and Sword of Napoleon Bonaparte I.
Hat & sword of Napoleon Bonaparte I.
German and French Empire fashion 19th Century.
German and French Empire fashion. Regency period. First third of the 19th Century. Top row left to right: German and French fashion. Costumes of 1809 bis 1812. Right: German and… Read More
Virginie Ancelot 1792-1875. French writer and painter.
Virginie Ancelot, origin. Marguerite-Louise Ancelot was a French writer and painter. Ancelot came from an old established family in Dijon, her father was the deputy N. Chardon.
Marguerite Victoire Babois, French writer 1760-1839
Marguerite Victoire Babois was a French writer, author of elegies and other poems which have placed her name at the forefront of French elegiac poets.
An old purse worn by Sir Walter Scott for many years, made of mole-skin.
It contains a piece of paper on which is written: “An old purse worn by Sir Walter Scott for many years, made of mole-skin.”
Abbotsford hall door. A complete suit of feudal steel armour.
Abbotsford hall door. A complete suit of feudal steel armour. HALL DOOR LOOKING TOWARDS STUDY AND SHOWING CORNER OF DESK. IN the Reliquia Sir Walter thus describes this end of… Read More
Abbotsford, desk and chair. Personal relics and antiquarian treasures.
THE desk so long used by Sir Walter, and “his own huge elbow chair,” are familiar to all who have visited Abbotsford.
Coiffure Fantaisie Empire. Madame Lebrun.
Coiffure Fantaisie Empire. Madame Lebrun. 19th century fashion. French empire hairstyle. „Album de coiffures histories“ by E. Nissy. Published 1890 by Albert Brunet. Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun 1755 -1842 was a… Read More
Eugénie de Montijo. Coiffure Second Empire
L’Impératrice Eugénie. The empress Eugénie de Montijo (1826-1920). France Second Empire hairstyle (French history period 1852-1870 under Emperor Napoleon III.). „Album de coiffures histories“ by E. Nissy. Published 1890 by Albert… Read More
