Musical instruments, historic, rare and unique.
Queen Elisabeth’s Lute. Rare musical instruments.
Category: Fashion History
Court Lady’s Full Dress in the Heian Period
Diaries of court ladies of old Japan by Annie Shepley Omori
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, 1314.
Thomas of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Lancaster was an English magnate and rebel.
Napoleon Bonaparte attired in a Royal Tailored sack suit.
THE personal Napoleon, the Napoleon of private and social life, loved the world’s finer things.
The Corset and the Crinoline. Chapter II.
Chapter II. Roman, Greece and Egypt. The Corset and the Crinoline.
The Corset and the Crinoline. Chapter I.
The origin of the Corset. The Corset and the Crinoline.
The Corset and the Crinoline. Chapter VII.
The Corset and the Crinoline. Chapter VII. Starving and Lacing. Louis XVI Dress in 1776. George III.
Ralph Neville first Earl of Westmorland, 15th c.
Ralph Neville first Earl of Westmorland, 15th c. and his 2nd wife Joan Beaufort.
England. Shipping at the time of the Norman Conquest, 1066.
Norman shipping 1066. The Commander’s ship, and a horse transport.
The Japanese Sword and Its Decoration
The sword of Japan may be called a key to the study of the history, folklore, and customs of the country.