The cotehardie has adopted its main characteristics from the houppelande. The doublet or gipon. Fashion history. Burgundy 15th century.
Category: France
German clothing up to the 10th c.. Goths, Lombards, Merovingians.
German people in the dress at the end of the 10th century. Lombard king. Merovingian Franks. Carolingian Franks. Clothing in the Middle Ages.
Costumes of Religious Orders. Habits of various nuns. France 19th c..
Religious Orders. French Carmelite. The Hospital Sisters. Nun of the Order of Magdalene. The Premonstratensians. St. Catherine’s Hospitaller.

Textilepedia. The Complete Fabric Guide.
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Armament. War costumes from the 9th to 13th century in France.
Armament of the Middle Ages in France. Ring armour. Chain mail. War costumes from the 9th to 13th century.
The origin of the coiffure à la Fontanges under Louis XIV.
Ladies of high standing in the transition from the 17th to the 18th century, after rare coloured copper engravings of that period. Female fashion of the baroque in the 17th and 18th century.
Alpine pass of Bramante. Col du Mont Cenis. Italian scenery 1820
Alpine pass of Bramante. Italian scenery from drawings made in 1817 by Elizabeth Frances Batty. Le Grand Lac Bramant is a lake in Savoie.
On the way to the Mont Cenis Alpine pass, passing Aiguebelle (Savoie).
From the beautiful valley in which lies Chambéry, the road near the junction of the Arco with the Isere, reaches Aiguebelle.
Alpine scenery, a glacier! The Mer de Glace, Chamouni, Savoy.
Alpine scenery, Mer de Glace! – one of the most strange and beautiful of all the wonderful spectacles of Nature.
France. The elegant world of rococo in the 18th century.
The elegant world in the 18th century. Women of the people. Officer of the royal house. Stocking and lace maker. (1735-1755).
Pendulum clock gilded bronze. Lighters Epoch of regency.
This watch is said to have belonged to Madame du Barry. Pendulum clock gilded bronze. Model by Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (Paris 1719-1791). Louis XV era. Pavillon de Louveciennes