Category: Fashion History

Italy, Bourgeois, ecclesiastical, costumes, Italian, Renaissance, fashion,Modes, Italiennes,

Fashion of the Italian Renaissance. Marriage of Boccaccio Adirmari with Lisa Ricasoli in 1420. Groom with the chaperon. Interior of the cell of the Dominican Savonarol

Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of the English King Henry VIII.

12/31/19

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Anne of Cleves, Tudor, renaissance, Queen, England, costume, portrait, Holbein

Anne of Cleves (1515 – 1557) was the fourth wife of the English King Henry VIII and was therefore Queen of England from 6 January 1540 to 9 July 1540.

Opus Anglicanum. The Syon Cope. Ecclesiastical needlework.

12/24/19

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Syon Cope, Opus Anglicanum, ecclesiastical, needlework, middle ages,

The Syon Cope.
A fine example of the ecclesiastical needlework for which England was noted in the thirteenth century; presented to the Duke of Northumberland by refugee nuns from Portugal, to whose convent it belonged, and whom he sheltered at Syon House during the Continental troubles of the early nineteenth century.

Woman’s dress. Fashion in Europe 16th & 17th century. Ruffs. Hairstyles.

12/23/19

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Ruffs, fashion, Tudor, renaissance, mode, spanische hoftracht

The Italian fashion in France. The collars of the dresses. Metal and wooden corsets. Display of fine lingerie. The passementerie works and laces. The rules of etiquette. The expansion of ruffs.

Italy. Fashion of the Venetian nobility in the 16th century.

12/21/19

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venice, renaissance, fashion, nobel, venetian, nobility, costumes, italy

Painting by Paolo Veronese. Venetian nobility at the second half of the 16th century. The ladies’ costumes belong to the period 1575-1585.

Tuscan and Venetian Ladies 1460-80. Medieval Italian fashion.

12/17/19

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Tuscan, Venetian, Ladies, fashion, italy, middle ages, hennin,

Tuscan and Venetian Ladies 1460-80. Unpublished paintings from the Libraries of Trieste, Venice etc.

The armorial bearings of the Monarchs of The Royal House of Normandy.

12/10/19

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Normandy, Regal, armorial bearings, Heraldry, Royal House,

The Royal House of Normandy. Regal heraldry; the armorial insignia of the Kings and Queens of England. William I, William II, Henry I, Stephen. Queen, Matilda

Four French Vernis Martin Fans and One of Ivory Brisé.

12/8/19

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fan, Vernis, Martin, design, varnish, Ivory, Brisé, French,

Fan decoration of the reign of Louis XIV., and during the first part of the reign of Louis XV. was greatly improved by the celebrated Vernis Martin (Martin’s Varnish).

The rebuilding of the city of Troy by Priam.

12/6/19

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Troy, 15th century, Middle ages, architecture

The subject of the illumination is the rebuilding of the city of Troy by Priam formed part of a noble manuscript volume, executed in the reign of Louis XII. Parts are curious examples of the domestic architecture of the Middle-Ages.