Glimpses of the world; a portfolio of photographs by John Lawson Stoddard
Category: France
Costumes during the Republic under Washington and Adams.
Historic dress in America during the Republic under George Washington and John Adams.
Enamel dish by Pierre Courteys, 16th century. Enameller of Limoges.
Enamel dish. Allegory of Spring. Youths and maidens in antique costume dancing to the music of a viol, a lyre and a panpipe.
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Paperback – December 7, 2021
by Virginia Postrel (Author)
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)
Dish by Bernard Palissy. Earthenware, after Briot. 16th century.
This dish is a repetition in pottery of a famous work in pewter by the goldsmith François Briot.
Literature
Couture: then and now Clothes define people. A person's clothing, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential key to his or her culture, class, personality, or even religion. The Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothing sociologically, historically, and artistically.
Cabinet for coins by Joubert in Louis-quinze style
Cabinet for coins, Cabinet des médaille by Gilles Joubert 1755 ordered by Louis XV. Louis-quinze style
Portrait of a Lady playing the Guitar by François-Hubert Drouais.
She is sitting in a park, in a theatrical costume with a shepherdess’s hat.
Attitudes by Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815)
Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815) was a Europe-wide celebrated beauty, artist and socialite of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century.
The Washing Place of the Hotel-Dieu, Paris.
The Pont au Double seen from the Pont Saint-Charles. The Washing Place of the Hotel-Dieu.
The three daughters of the 2nd Earl Waldegrave by Joshua Reynolds.
The three beautiful daughters of James, second Earl Waldegrave was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1780-1 for Horace Walpole.
Monasteries and Cloisters as Centres of learning and Culture.
The history of monasticism reveals the fact that In every field of thought and activity this institution wrought good and evil.
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Paperback – December 7, 2021
by Virginia Postrel (Author)
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)