Samoyedic peoples from the island Novaya Zemlya Novaya Zemlya (Russian Новая Земля/Novaya Zemlya ‘new land’) is a Russian twin island located west of the Inner Eurasian border in the Arctic… Read More
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
Woman in winter costume from Montafun, Vorarlberg.
Woman in winter costume from Montafun, Vorarlberg 1875. Traditional Austrian folk dress. Gallery: “Sheets for costume design: historical and folk costumes. Published by Franz Lipperheide, 1876-1887.
Bridesmaid costume from Vorarlberg, Austria 1875
Bridesmaid costume from Vorarlberg, Austria 1875 Bridesmaid (Schäppelmeiggi) from Vorarlberg in Montafun, Austria 1875.
Cabbage cutter from Vorarlberg, Tyrol Austria 1879
Cabbage cutter from Montafun Vorarlberg Austria 1879.
Christian IV King of Denmark and Norway
Christian IV (1577-1648) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1588 to 1648.
Don Juan de Austria in Spanish court dress 1572.
Don Juan de Austria was commander of the Spanish fleet and governor of the Habsburg Netherlands.
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), Prime Minister of Great Britain.
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), Prime Minister of Great Britain. William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) was twice Prime Minister of Great Britain. The second son of William Pitt the Elder… Read More
Back Figure of a Yakutan Girl, Sakha traditional folk dress.
Back Figure of a Yakutan Girl, Sakha traditional folk dress 1803. Front Figure of a Yakutan Girl Une Fille Yakoute, par derrière. THE most learned and revered of the Yakutan… Read More
Back Figure of a Yakut, Sakha in his Hunting Dress.
Back Figure of a Yakut, Sakha in his Hunting Dress 1803. Front of of a Yakut, Sakha in his Hunting Dress. Un Yakout en Habit de Chasse, par derriére. ALTHOUGH the… Read More
A Yakutan Girl, Sakha in traditional folk dress 1803.
A Yakutan Girl, Sakha in traditional folk dress 1803. Back figure of a Yakutan Girl. Une Fille Yakoute. SHAMANISM is the only religion known to the Yakuti. They acknowledge two… Read More