Museum Armeria real de Madrid, Spain. Capeline – Morion, Casque à visière et autres’ (Capeline Helmet, Morion Helmet, Visor Helmets).
Renaissance helmets of the 15th century.
Category: Fashion History
Charles I and The English Civil War 1642-1649.
The English Civil War was fought 1642-1649 between supporters of King Charles I of England (“Cavaliers”) and those of the English Parliament (“Roundheads”).
Open, low-cut little dress, 1780.
Open, low-cut little dress. Relaxation in the Bois de Boulogne.
Edmund Spenser. The Fairy Queen. Florimel and the Witch.
The Faerie Queene is his most important contribution to English poetry which is linked here with the Arthurian legend.
Man in a chenille. Cabinet des modes, ou Les modes nouvelles.
Homme en chenille. Cabinet des Modes 1785.
Antonio Tebaldeo. Italian poet of the renaissance. 16th century.
Antonio Tebaldeo (1463–1537) was born in Ferrara, where he was an educator of Isabella d’Este and then secretary of Lucretia Borgia later. Successor of Francesco Petrarch.
Isabella d’Este. La donna del mondo prima.
Isabella d’Este known as The First Lady of the Renaissance with a balzo, the famous Capigliari headdress.
Guard of the king. The Corps of the 200 Gentlemen. France 1570.
Garde du Roi, Corps des 200 Gentilshommes. Guard of the king. The Corps of the 200 Gentlemen. France Military 1570.
Page of a man of arms, knight in the 15th century.
Page of a man of arms, knight in the 15th century. PAGE d’un Homme d’Armes, XV° siècle.
Timbalier, Horse drummer. (XVIIth century). Reign of Louis XIV.
Timbalier, Tambour à Cheval. (XVIIe siècle). Règne de Louis XIV. Gravure extraite de l’ouvrage de H. Gourdon de Genouillac.