Robes en Faille et Panécla. Modéles du “Style Parisian” d’après le Tissus de Rodier. Le style parisien 1915. Dress in old blue pekiné corded silk (Rodier No 05939) trimmed with cross… Read More
Robes en Faille et Panécla. Le style parisien.
Category: Fashion History
Art deco Hats. Models by Maria Guy.
Art deco Hats. Models by Maria Guy. Chapeaux. Modèles de Maria Guy 1915. Fig.166. Maria-Guy. Hat in black panne trimmed with a grey ostrich feather. Fig.167. Maria-Guy. Toque trapped with… Read More
Afternoon dresses by Jeanne Lanvin
Afternoon dresses by Jeanne Lanvin 1915. Robes d’Après Midi. Modèles de Jeanne Lanvin. Left: Dress of plain claret velvet. Waistcoat and edging of the pockets in pink cloth. Silver embroidery… Read More
An Appreciation of the work of Ann Macbeth.
The Work of Ann Macbeth. By F. H. NEWBERY. Published at Studio: international art 1903.
Fashion under the Reign of Charles IX. 1560 to 1574.
Charles IX (1550-1574) Duke of Orleans. His reign was dominated by civil wars and the infamous massacre of French Protestants on St Bartholomew’s Eve.
King Henry VI. and his court. The good duke Humphrey.
Henry VI, (1421 – 1471) was the last king of England from the house Lancaster. The house Lancaster is a side line of the House Plantagenet and an English royal dynasty.
The Romance of the Rose. The Art of courtly love.
The Romance of the Rose. The Art of courtly love. 15th century.
Christine de Pizan presenting her manuscript
Christine de Pizan presenting her manuscript against the Roman de la Rose to Queen Isabeau of Bavaria, France c. 1410 – c. 1414.
Margaret of Anjou Queen of Henry VI. and her court.
Margaret of Anjou was Queen Consort of England from 1445 to 1461
Fashion under the Reign of Francis II. 1559 to 1560.
The earliest queens of fashion — Mary Stuart’s costumes; her jewels — Description of bodices and sleeves of that period — Crosses — The “loup” or small mask — Coiffure “en raquette” — An anecdote concerning high heels — Regulations respecting fashion — Remark of a lady of our own day on distinctions in dress — Exordium of the Edict of July 12, 1549 — Maximum of marriage portions — The first knitted silk stockings.