Model of “Rolls-Royce”. Créations de Couturier Jean Patou, Paris 1929. More:Costumes Aladin by Germaine Lecomte 1929. 1929 Masked Paris Opera Ball 1804, by Jean-Francois Bosio. First Empire Jean Patou Mannequins… Read More
Category: Fashion History
Poland nobility costumes. Renaissance period dresses in 1530.
Poland nobility costumes. Court Dresses 16th century. Renaissance period in 1530. Published 1870, Munich. More:Lady at the Court of Francis I, 1530. Renaissance Assyrian dresses 2000 BC. Citizens, nobility and…… Read More
The Mitre of the bishop of Limerick, Ireland.
The Limerick Mitre. Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages by Henry Shaw More:Greek Orthodox Bishop with Kamilavkion, Talar and Rhason. Ecclesiastical Dinner at Crisso. In the house of the… Read More
Pyrrhus Receiving the Honor of Knighthood
Pyrrhus Receiving the Honor of Knighthood BEASONS of considerable force are adduced by M. Jubinal, in his splendid work on Early Tapestries, for believing that the Tapestry from which the… Read More
German Belle Époque hairstyles in 1906.
Art nouveau Hairstyles. Berlin May 1906. German General hairdresser newspaper.
French baroque and rococo wigs. Diderot`s Encyclopaedia
Wigs of men and woman. Baroque, rococo. 18th century. Diderot`s Encyclopaedia
Flower girl of Paris with huge wooden shoes, 1821.
This way of carrying loads is common in France. A wooden frame is secured to the shoulders, and rests upon the whole surface of the back to the hips.
French pilot in large petticoats, boots, gay colored caps and earrings.
The packets from Brighton to Dieppe, when in sight of the harbour, are taken possession of by French pilots
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.










