Shoe of the reign of Charles II. The shoe may be considered as a chef-d’oeuvre in shoe manufacture of the times.
This shoe considered as a chef-d’oeuvre in shoe manufacture of the times.
Category: England
Period Costumes and Fashion from England, Regency, Empire, Georgian, Directory, Victorian and Tudor dresses.
Shoe of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. Tudor 16th century.
This shoe is supposed to have belonged to the beautiful and unfortunate Mary Stuart Queen of Scots England Tudor fashion era 16th century.
Glamorous life in 1850. Fashions under the Restoration.
La vie Mondaine en 1850. Echoes of Bon Ton and of the life of fashion in 1850
British statesman. Philip Dormer Stanhope. Earl of Chesterfield.
Philip Dormer Stanhope. Earl of Chesterfield 1694 – 1773. Author of Letters to His Son and Letters to His Godson. British statesman & diplomat.
Our goddesses of the Year VIII., (1799).
Our goddesses of the Year VIII., (1799). Regency – Directoire fashion. Nos déesses de l’an VIII. From the Book: The Frenchwoman of the century; Fashions – Manners – Usages, by Octave… Read More
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare.
Mrs. Kendal, Miss Ellen Terry and Mr. Tree in ” The merry wives of Windsor,” by John Collier. The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare from 1597. The… Read More
The Lionesses and Fashionables by Octave Uzanne.
The Frenchwoman of the century; Fashions – Manners – Usages, by Octave Uzanne. Illustrations in water colours by Albert Lynch. Engraved in colours by Eugène Gaujean.
Averil Mary Burleigh. English women painter.
Drawings by Averil M. Burleigh. Published in the International Studio in 1913.
Courtly fantasy scene by Mary Young Hunter.
The duke’s high dame by Mary Y. Hunter. Female Pre-Raphaelite Painter.
Parisian salon scene of the Second Empire.
Parisian salon scene of the Second Empire c. 1860. Parisiennes du Second Empire. Source: The Frenchwoman of the century; Fashions – Manners – Usages, by Octave Uzanne. Illustrations in water… Read More