The shrines of Loreto and St. James of Gallicia cannot, like that of St. Thomas of Becket at Canterbury in former times, show the stones worn away by the devout kisses of the modern far-wandering penitent.
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
A female of Vercelli with peculiar head-dress. Italy Piedmont 1821.
A female of Vercelli, Piedmontese. This one of the most peculiar head-dresses belonging to the lower orders in Italy.
Donna di Torino. Woman of Turin. Italian popular costume of 1821.
AT Turin the dress of the females is very remarkable. The elaborate and various forms of their caps are singular and picturesque.
Fishermen at Boulogne-sur-Mer. Département Pas-de-Calais.
The peasantry, the fishermen, the postillions, all classes below the bourgeoisie, are now, as they were formerly, dressed in heavy, cumbrous woolen cloth.
A Tatar. Ottoman Empire 1800.
The Tatars have different degrees of rank. Historical Ottoman Empire officials and ethnic groups.
Regency robe à la Polonaise of cherry-colored satin.
January 1795. England Afternoon dresses. The Gallery of Fashion Vol. 1,. April 1794 to March 1795. Published by Nikolaus von Heideloff, London.
Grace Moderne. Les Chapeaux du Très Parisien 1922.
Grace Moderne. Les Chapeaux du Très Parisien 1922.
Turban of Italian gauze. Lilac satin corset. May 1795.
England Regency costumes. Turban of Italian gauze. Lilac satin corset. The Gallery of Fashion Vol. 2. April 1795 To March 1796. Published by Nikolaus von Heideloff, London.
A Greek woman of the Island of Marmara (with her child).
The island of Marmora, according to Strabo, was known to the ancients by the name of Proconnesus.
Aristocratie. Les Chapeaux du Très Parisien, 1922.
Model Aristocratie, Les Chapeaux du Très Parisien, 1922.