Category: Europe

Fashion and Costume History of Europe.

Tuscan, Venetian, Ladies, fashion, italy, middle ages, hennin,

Tuscan and Venetian Ladies 1460-80. Unpublished paintings from the Libraries of Trieste, Venice etc.

Feminine costumes from 1794 – 1800. Directory to Empire.

Directoire, directory, empirw, coatumes, fashion, clothes, timeline

The figures are all taken from fashion journals. The period includes the last period of the convent, the rule of the board of directors and the beginning of the consulate.

France. At the horse race at the Promenade de Longchamp. 1802.

12/13/19

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fashions, consulate, Longchamp, Horse race,

France. The fashions under the consulate. Fashionable Parisians enjoy a beautiful spring day at the horse race at the Promenade de Longchamp in 1802.

Italy. Folk costumes in the Provinces of Rome and Ancona.

12/11/19

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Italy, Folk, costumes, dresses, Rome, Ancona,

In the surroundings of Rome the picturesque costume of the contadini (farmers) has almost disappeared. Only occasionally do you see entire families of country dwellers in national costumes on the streets.

The armorial bearings of the Monarchs of The Royal House of Normandy.

12/10/19

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Normandy, Regal, armorial bearings, Heraldry, Royal House,

The Royal House of Normandy. Regal heraldry; the armorial insignia of the Kings and Queens of England. William I, William II, Henry I, Stephen. Queen, Matilda

The fashions of the end of the 18th century. After German Journals.

12/9/19

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Auguste Racinet, fashion, costumes, Empire, Regency, modes

All the figures on this panel show the predominant influence of the English-French fashions of Louis XVI’s time. History of the costume in chronological development by Auguste Racinet.

Four French Vernis Martin Fans and One of Ivory Brisé.

12/8/19

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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.