The Bloody Tower and the Wakefield Tower, in which the Crown Jewels are kept.
The Tower of London, today guard-house for the Crown jewels.
Category: Fashion History
The eighteenth century silhouettes. Baroque, Rococo & Directorate.
The leading fashion designers of the eighteenth century looked to the sixteenth century and later to classical Greece and Rome for ideas and inspiration.
Djouni, once the Residence of Lady Hester Stanhope.
Lady Hester Stanhope was an English aristocrat, antiquarian, and one of the most famous travellers of her age.
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Paperback – December 7, 2021
by Virginia Postrel (Author)
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)
German Knights Family. Medieval Garb. 13th century
German knight in chain mail, sword and shield. Knight’s son in tabard over armour and sword. Noble lady in cotte.
The silhouettes of the seventeenth century.
The disappearance of the hoop in the early years of the seventeenth century caused a change in the outline of the costume worn by the woman of fashion.
Paris. Palais Royal. French scenery in 1822.
This splendid building was commenced in the year 1629, by the Cardinal de Richelieu, from the designs of Le Mercier.
Dame de qualite costume of the court of Charles VII 15th century.
Noble lady with superb head-dress, bordered with fleurs-de-lys, is worthy of the court of one of the most gallant of the French princes.
The immersion of the pilgrims in the Jordan River
In this View Achmet Aga, the Governor of Jerusalem, with a part of his Arab guard, occupy the foreground.
Complete harnesses of soldiers in the Thirty Years’ War 1618 to 1648.
Three complete sets of half-armour from the first half of the 17th century. They show the most essential characteristics of the armour worn
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.
