Three complete sets of half-armour from the first half of the 17th century. They show the most essential characteristics of the armour worn
Category: Fashion History
Medieval Garb of German Noble Ladies and a Duke, 13th century.
German Gothic Fashion. Noble ladies in the cotehardie. Prince in the houppelande. On the history of costumes.
The introduction of the vertugale. Costume silhouettes.
Costume silhouettes of the sixteenth century changed rapidly with the introduction of the corset, the basquine, the hoop skirt, or vertugale.
The Fashion of Mi-parti. Clothing of the Middle Ages.
The mi-parti, the wide bag sleeves, like the long jagged or cogged surplices are repeated here in the most varied applications and changes.
Female fashion silhouettes of the Middle Ages. 11th to the 15th Century.
This period from 1300 to 1500 was full of the eccentricities of extreme fashion.
Gardens of the Dal Lake at Srinagar in Kashmir.
Mughal gardens in Srinagar, Kashmir. Gardens of the Great Mughals by Constance Mary Villiers Stuart. Nishat Bagh, Shalimar Bagh.
Court Toilets & Ceremonial Robes. France 16th, 17th century.
History of Costume by Auguste Racinet. Costumes of the nobility in the time of Henry IV of France. 16th, 17th century. Court Toilets & Ceremonial Robes.
French directoire. Neoclassical fashion in the transition to the Empire.
French directoire. Neoclassical fashion in the transition to the Empire. 1789-1800.
St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Agnes of Rome.
St. Catherine of Alexandria holding in her hands instruments of her punishment. On the right is St. Agnes, and a lamb, the emblem of her innocence and gentleness.
Assyrian king and his archer. Their characteristic costume.
The Assyrians were warriors, as their costume shows, with its heavily ornate, barbaric splendour. They wore much more jewellery than the Persians.