Catalan costumes 14th century. Spain. Catalan costumes mid-fourteenth century. (From a prayer book at Gerona.) España. Trajes catalanes de mediados del siglo XIV. ( De un devocionario procedente de Gerona.) Source: Galería… Read More
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
Medieval Arab Moorish robes in 13th century.
From the Lapidary of D. Alonso el Sabio. Galería del Arte Decorativo.
Spain. Half armour or corselet from the 16th century.
España. Media armadura ó corselete del siglo XVI.
Chiselled and carved cuirass from the 16th century.
Coraza cincelada y maqueada del siglo XVI. Armeria de Turin.
Spain. Costumes of the nobility, 13th c.
Costumes of the nobility (From the Lapidary of D. Alonso el Sabio).
Eleanor of Aquitaine. Medieval Queen 12th century.
Eleanor of Aquitaine of the House of Poitiers, was first Queen of France, then Queen of England. She was one of the most influential women of the Middle Ages.
Three Swiss girls in traditional costumes
Three Swiss girls in traditional costumes. From the book: Living Races of Mankind. A popular illustrated account of the customs, habits, pursuits, feasts, and ceremonies of the races of mankind… Read More
Italian bobbin made flounce 16th century.
Italian bobbin made flounce 16th century. Twenty-two inches wide. AND here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds… Read More
Costumes engraved by Jacques Boissard. Period of Henry III.
Modes Française. Époque de Henry III. D’Apres Jacques Boissard.
Costume design by Marie-Louise Bruyère in 1950s.
Costume design by French couturier Marie-Louise Bruyère. Marie-Louise Bruyère (1918-1958), called Mme Bruyère (pronounced Broo-yair) was born in rural France, but her ambitious parents, Henri Bruyère and Jeanne Loubet, moved… Read More