Germany 17th and 18th century. Fashions of the day: Beard, hair and wigs. Historical figures. Clergymen, statesmen and warriors.
Beard, hair and wigs fashions during the 17th and 18th century.
Category: Louis XV
France 18th century. The Panniers, the Hoop, the Justaucorps.
Women with paniers. The origin of these skirts. The panier was in fashion until the last years of kingship. The bourgeois classes. The luxury dress of men consisted of the Justaucorps, waistcoat and the leg dresses.
Four French Vernis Martin Fans and One of Ivory Brisé.
Fan decoration of the reign of Louis XIV., and during the first part of the reign of Louis XV. was greatly improved by the celebrated Vernis Martin (Martin’s Varnish).
Ivory fan in the form of a deck of cards, vernis Martin. Watteau style.
Ivory fan in the form of a deck of cards, vernis Martin. Watteau theme: a party in a palace, where Pierrot and Colombine dance.
Robes. Les modes sous Louis XV. La mode du rococo.
L’histoire du costume féminin français. Les modes sous Louis XV 1715-1774. La Mode du Rococo. Robes. Paul Louis Victor de Giafferri.
Élégantes. Les modes sous Louis XV. La Mode du Rococo 1715 to 1774.
Élégantes. L’histoire du costume féminin français. Les modes sous Louis XV 1715-1774. La Mode du Rococo.
Court of Louis XV. Femme de la cour de Louis XV., XVIIIe siècle.
Woman of the Court of Louis XV. Louis XV was King of France and Navarre from 1715 to 1774. The people called him “the much-loved” and later “the unloved”. His reign… Read More
Marie Jeanne Bécu, comtesse du Barry. Mistress of the French King Louis XV.
Marie Jeanne, comtesse du Barry (Marie Jeanne Bécu) 1743-1793. Marie-Jeanne Bécu came from a poor family. She was the illegitimate daughter of a seamstress Anne Bécu and the Franciscan Jean Baptiste Casimir… Read More