Fontainebleau reflects and preserves for us the glories of the gay and splendour-loving kings of France.
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
Historical tools of corporal punishment of earlier centuries.
Instruments of torture. Shame mask, thief catcher, thumbscrews, iron collar, branding iron. Middle Ages and modern times.
Linlithgow Palace. Favourite residence of the Scottish kings.
Linlithgow Palace is a ruined castle in the Scottish town of Linlithgow. Both James V and Mary Stuart were born there.
An enamelled alms dish with fleurs-de-lys and arabesque ornaments.
An enamelled alms bowl with fleurs-de-lys and arabesque ornaments. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages. 13th century.
Paris. The Place Vendôme and the Column Vendôme
Place Vendôme is one of the five “royal squares” of Paris and is located in the middle of the city
Historical costume from Tresnuraghes, Sardinia. 19th century.
Costume de Tresnuraghes (Sardeigne). Colección de láminas en colo par François-Claudius Compte-Calix, 1801.
Costumes and shawls. French directorate, consulate and first Empire.
Costumes and scarves in the 18th and 19th century. The fashion of classicism during the French directorate, consulate and first empire.
Early Victorian fashion around 1860. Informal afternoon outfit.
Man in striped suit with frock coat, flat hat, lace-up tie and checked waistcoat. The woman wears a voluminous dress, the waist figure accentuated, the skirt supported by a steel frame.
England Early Victorian. The crinoline of the mid-forties of the 19th century
Early Victorian. 1840-1865. The crinoline of the mid-forties was probably the most concealing costume ever worn by women.
The Fashion of the Crinoline in the Reign of Napoleon III. Empire français.
The Reign of the Crinoline. Petticoats, Cashmere shawls, Pompadour parasols. Dressmakers, like tailors, had begun to deal in ready-made garments.