French styles of the Baroque and Rococo in the 18th century. Wigs and hats. Principles of the French-Italian Riding School. The most popular colours for horses.
Fashion of wigs and hats. French styles of the 18th century.
Category: Louis XV
Beard, hair and wigs fashions during the 17th and 18th century.
Germany 17th and 18th century. Fashions of the day: Beard, hair and wigs. Historical figures. Clergymen, statesmen and warriors.
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).
Marie Therese Louise Lamballe of Savoy, Princess of Carignan.
Princess Lamballe. This illustrious female was one of the most innocent victims of the Revolution
Chevalier Charles d’Éon de Beaumont.
He was a transgender/non-binary french spy. In the end we figured out they were born male.
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.
Woman of nobility. Costume from the time of Louis XV. (1730)
Femme de noblesse. Mode du 18ème siècle. Costume du temps de louis XV. (1730)
Paysan laboureur français du 16ème au 18ème siècle.
Costume of a French peasant farmer from the 16th to the 18th century.
Coiffure à l’échelle. Hairstyle to scale. Caricature of the 18th century.
Coiffure à l’échelle. Caricature du XVIII siècle. D’après une gravure du temps. Gravure extraite de l’ouvrage de H . Gourdon de Genouillac.