The Anglo-Saxon women were habited with simplicity, convenience, and elegance.
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
Paris. Church of Montmartre, 19c.
Several etymologies have been given as the source from which the celebrated hill of Montmartre, near Paris, derived its name.
England 1640. Women’s dresses of different stands.
On the history of costumes. Hundred and Fourth Sheet. England. XVIth and XVIIth century. Münchener Bilderbogen No. 1180. Fashion in England in 1640. Citizen woman. Lady in the street. Lord-Manor’s… Read More
England. Jesters, or Fools of the 13th century.
Selections of the ancient costume of Great Britain and Ireland from the seventh to the sixteenth century, by Charles Hamilton Smith
Princess Alexandra Amalie of Bavaria (1826-1875).
Otto Wustlich: Portrait of Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (after an oil painting by J. Stieler).
London 1590. Merchant and merchant’s wife.
Baroque period. Merchant and merchant’s wife. London 1590.
Germany. Patricians in 14th century dress.
Münchener Bilderbogen 1848 to 1898. On the history of costumes.
Renata of the House of Lorraine, 16th c.
This is Renée de Lorraine, daughter of the Duke of Lorraine François I” and Christine of Danemarck.
L’Étude, dit aussi parfois Le Chant. J. H. Fragonard
The painting, called “The Study” before the subject was identified in 2011
France. Peasants. Gendarme on horseback c.1680.
Last third of the XVIIth century. Reign of King Louis XIV (1643-1715).