Traditional Peasant girl costume from Ockershausen Marburg, Electoral Hesse. Gallery: “Sheets for costume design: historical and folk costumes. Published by Franz Lipperheide, 1876-1887.
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
A Female Peasant of Finland.
A Female Peasant of Finland. Une Paysanne de Finland. THE Female Peasantry wear shifts, trousers, stockings, and slippers, or shoes which only cover the heel, sole, and toes: they also… Read More
A Woman of Esthonia. Traditional Esthonian folk costume.
A Woman of Esthonia. Esthonian folk costume. Une Esthonienne. THE Esthonians vary in exterior appearance and stature, but, in general, they strongly resemble the inhabitants of Finland. The state of oppression… Read More
The Wife of a Cossack of the Don, and a Girl of Tscherkassk.
The Wife of a Cossack of the Don, and a Girl of Tscherkassk. La Femme d’un Cosaque du Don, et une Fille de Tscherkassk. DURING the last twenty years, Tscherkassk, the… Read More
A Circassian Prince or Nobleman completely armed.
A Circassian Prince or Nobleman completely armed. Un Prince, ou Noble Tscherkesse, complétement armé. IT is a practice among the Circassians to compress the waist, from early infancy, as much… Read More
A Bukharian of Siberia. Russia folk dress.
A Bukharian of Siberia. Russia folk dress. Un Boukhara de Sibérie. BUKHARIA is not dependant upon Russia; and if we speak of the Bukharians in this place, it is because… Read More
A Barabintzian Woman. Costume of the Russian empire.
A Barabintzian Woman. Une Barabintzienne. THE vast desert hemmed in by the Ob and the Irtisch, and extending as far as the Altai mountains, is called Barama; this word the… Read More
Traditional Peasant girl costume from Silesia in 1876
Peasant girl from Neuland at Neisse, Silesia 1876
Arms of the Holy-Empire. German Lansquenets of the 16th c..
These two pieces are drawn from the remarkable volume called the Arms of the Holy-Empire
German Costume and Heraldic Art, 16th century.
German Costume and Heraldic Art, 16th century.










