Lucienne Bréval, an iconic soprano of French opera, was dazzling career in the 1890s with unforgettable performances
Lucienne Bréval: A French opera star (1869-1935)
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
Queen Elisabeth’s Lute. Rare musical instruments.
Musical instruments, historic, rare and unique.
A Web of Summer Gossamer. A chapter on Bonnets.
A Web of Summer Gossamer (gossamer fabrics). Parisian Chapeaux in 1866.
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, 1314.
Thomas of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Lancaster was an English magnate and rebel.
A Hungarian aristocratic insurgent cavalry officer.
Insurgent cavalry officer. Pannonia’s inhabitants depicted in their traditional costumes
The King of Hungaria in his coronation robes. Equestrian portrait.
Pannonia’s inhabitants depicted in their traditional costumes, c. 1820.
The royal Hungarian heraldic coat of arms, c. 1820
Hungarian heraldic coat of arms. Pannonia’s inhabitants depicted in their traditional costumes.
Examples Floriated Ornament, by Augustus Pugin.
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) is considered one of the most important representatives of the Gothic Revival.
Directoire costume of the secretary of the executive comitee.
Directoire exécutif in his ordinary costume. He accompanies the Directoire to all public and private meetings.
Easter eggs from Bukovina, Romania.
All the Easter eggs are in the Hamburg Ethnological Museum and come from Bukovina (Romania).