Category: Europe

Fashion and Costume History of Europe.

fan, Vernis, Martin, design, varnish, Ivory, Brisé, French,

Fan decoration of the reign of Louis XIV., and during the first part of the reign of Louis XV. was greatly improved by the celebrated Vernis Martin (Martin’s Varnish).

The rebuilding of the city of Troy by Priam.

12/6/19

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Troy, 15th century, Middle ages, architecture

The subject of the illumination is the rebuilding of the city of Troy by Priam formed part of a noble manuscript volume, executed in the reign of Louis XII. Parts are curious examples of the domestic architecture of the Middle-Ages.

Fashion in the time of William II. 1087-1100. England Anglo-Norman.

12/4/19

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King, William II, Rufus, England, middle ages

Fashion and costume history in the Reign of William II, called William Rufus. Medieval England Anglo-Norman 1087-1100.

German knight and noblewoman of the 15th century.

12/3/19

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German knight, noblewoman, middle ages, dresses, costume

German knight and noblewoman of the 15th century. Costume and fashion history of the middle ages. The history of costumes. XV. and XVI. century.

The dress of the Anglo-Saxons. Costumes and Decorations by Henry Shaw.

12/2/19

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Anglo-Saxon, Monarch, costume, England, middle ages, fashion

The Anglo-Saxon fashion history. The dress of the Anglo-Saxons was simple and uniform in its character, differing only by the richness of the material or by the greater profusion of ornament.

The Art of cutting in England. The Norman Period.

12/1/19

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Joseph Strutt, Anglo-Norman, Habits, 11th Century, England, Middle ages, costumes

The conquest of England by the Normans, under the command of William the Conqueror, effected a most important change in the laws, manners, customs, and costume of the inhabitants.

Dress of a Fisherman from Hastings in England, 19th c.

11/30/19

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England, Hastings, fisherman, clothing, habit

HASTINGS FISHERMAN. The fishermen are a bold, hardy class of men, and necessarily exposed to great fatigues and dangers in the winter months

Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea. Probably painted in 1847.

11/30/19

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Sidney, Herbert, 1st, Baron, Herbert, Lea, Portrait,

Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea. This is probably the portrait painted in 1847, and exhibited at the Royal Academy the same year, the replica of which is now at Herbert House.