English Black Romantic. Idealised, representation of women at the beginning of the Victorian age.
Persian woman costume. England Victorian Romanticism.
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
Saboterie. Production of wooden shoes in Basse-Bretagne, 1840.
Production of wooden shoes in the Basse-Bretagne in 1840. View into the interior of a hut where a family lives together.
Another old custom gone. Jean Patou. Jeanne Hallée. Molyneux.
Another old custom gone. Art-Goût-Beauté. October 1923. Fashion by Jean Patou, Jeanne Hallée, Molyneux.
Wall Papers, designed by Walter Crane, 1918.
Fig and Peacock. Golden Age. Wood Notes.
Italian embroidered silk hangings. The treasury of ornamental art. 16th c.
THIS engraving shows the upper and lower portions of a vertical panel, supposed to have originally formed a pilaster or border to a piece of tapestry.
Princesse dress. Promenade gown by Maison de couture Félix.
When Mme. Sarah Bernhardt first came to America, all her scenic costumes were designed by Maison de couture Félix.
Innkeeper from the small town Miesbach in Bavaria.
Original traditional costume of an innkeeper from Miesbach, Upper Bavaria, close to Munich.
La Jeune Locrienne. Chapeau de Camille Roger, 1922.
Straw hat with horsehair ribbons. Locrian, resident of Locride (ancient Greece).
A few pretty novelties. Creations by Premet & Jean Patou. 1923.
A few pretty novelties. Premet has made a black velvet dress with an edging of paste diamond lace. Philippe et Gaston put large diamond squares on white Georgine crepe.
Vision of Elegance. Getting ready for Deauville. Juli 1923.
Getting ready for Deauville. The parsienne is already enjoying foretastes of the idyllic delights of country life.