Richard I in French Cœur de Lion, actually Richard Plantagenet; was from 1189 to his death King of England.
Richard I the Lionheart. Cœur de Lion. Third son of King Henry II.
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
Knight of the second crusade 1145–1149.
Knight bannert praying before his departure for the 2nd crusade.
Flags of the Royal Highlanders. The Black Watch.
Flags of the Royal Highlanders. The Black Watch. Colours of the 42nd Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch). Now 1st Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Carried in the Crimea and… Read More
Egyptian Campaign. Flag Colours of the 72nd Highlanders.
Egyptian Campaign. 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Colours of the 72nd (Duke Of Albany’s Own) Highlanders. Now the 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany´s). Carried in the Egyptian… Read More
King Henry VII. The Tudor from the House of Lancaster.
During the Wars of the Roses, Henry was the last survivor of the House of Lancaster and became its head. Through his marriage to the heiress of the House of York Elizabeth Plantagenet, England hoped for an end to the civil war between the two houses and a lasting peace.
Summer mantles. Knitted dresses. Romantic era 1846.
Lace summer mantles. Knitted dresses. Romantic era 1846. Chapeaux de Mme. Pener, 4, rue Neuve Saint Augustin. Etoffes de robes de la Maison Gagelin. Mantelet en dentelle de l’été. Lingerie… Read More
Dresses of Maison Gagelin 1846
La Mode 1846. Journal et gravures des mode. Bibliography of costume.
The Death of Virginia. Lays of ancient Rome.
Lais of Ancient Rome is an 1842 collection of narrative poems, or lais, by Thomas Babington Macaulay.
Rob Roy parting Rashleigh and Francis Osbaldistone. Sir Walter Scott.
Rob Roy is the sixth of Walter Scott’s Waverley novels. He wrote the book in the spring of 1817 and visited Loch Lomond and Glasgow Cathedral for research.
Knitted dress by Thiébaud-Guichard. Romantic era 1841.
Knitted dress by Thiébaud-Guichard. Romantic era 1841. Meubles de Maigret. Guipure de Doucet. Porcelaines de Toy. Miror de Giroux. Fleurs de Constantin. Etoffes de robes de Thiébaud-Guichard façon de Mlle.… Read More