Women’s costumes Semi-Neglected in 1787.
Costumes de femmes Demi-Négligé en 1787.
Category: Ancien Régime
Ancien Régime. Early modernity all over Europe before the French Revolution of 1789, a term representative for absolutism.
Chapeau báteau-renversé en 1787. Paris à travers les siècles.
Hat au báteau-renversé, 1787.
Cinq Mars and De Thou led to Execution.
Cinq Mars and De Thou led to Execution. HENRY D’EFFIAT, marquis de Cinq Mars, was a member of a noble French family. Born in 1620, he was made grand equerry… Read More
Marie Mancini mistress of the French King Louis XIV.
Marie Mancini (1639 -1715) was one of the Mazarinettes and mistress of the French King Louis XIV. She died the same year as her childhood sweetheart, Louis XIV.
Jeune Dame vêtue d’une Robe à la Circassienne 1775
Young lady dressed in a Circassian dress lined with painted complaint stripes, in the newest taste. Court dress during the reign of Louis XVI in Versailles.
Fashion in the Reign of Louis XV. The Regency.
Fashion between the Regency of the Duke of Orleans and the reign of Louis XV 1715 to 1774. Both acted on the same motto: “All for pleasure.”
Fashion in the Reigns of Henri IV. and Louis XIII. 1590 to 1614.
Reigns of Henri IV. and Louis XIII. 1590 to 1614. French fashion history of the Renaissance and Baroque era. Vertugadins. Dress of Marguerite de France. Low-cut bodices. Spanish court dress.
Louis-seize. Fabrics. French Silks hanging patterns.
The silks, the designs for which form the subject of our plate, all come from that branch of French manufacture to which Golbert, under Louis XIV, gave so powerful an impulse
Pelisse de Satin doublé poil de Chat-Angora.
Pelisse de Satin doublé poil de Chat-Angora 1780.
The Royal Flag of France. The Galley Flag.
The Royal Flag of France. The Galley Flag. The Flag of the Merchant Navy. The royal flag was, in reality, the national flag in the 18th century. Each regiment had… Read More