The art of perfumery began to be cultivated in Italy early in the 16th century. France has been associated with the cultivation of sweet-smelling flowers from early times.
Category: Renaissance
Enamel dish by Pierre Courteys, 16th century. Enameller of Limoges.
Enamel dish. Allegory of Spring. Youths and maidens in antique costume dancing to the music of a viol, a lyre and a panpipe.
Dish by Bernard Palissy. Earthenware, after Briot. 16th century.
This dish is a repetition in pottery of a famous work in pewter by the goldsmith François Briot.

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Frescoes and Arabesques of Raphael – Loggie of The Vatican.
Renaissance 16th Century. Frescoes and Arabesques of Raphael. Loggie of The Vatican. By Polychromatic ornament by Auguste Racinet.
Early 16th century clothing of a German magistrate and knight.
Garment of a German magistrate and knight at the beginning of the 16th century.
The cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris.
The history of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, one of the most ancient edifices in Paris.
The Execution & Death of Anne Boleyn.
Memorials of the Tower of London. The Execution of Anne Boleyn.
The introduction of the vertugale. Costume silhouettes.
Costume silhouettes of the sixteenth century changed rapidly with the introduction of the corset, the basquine, the hoop skirt, or vertugale.
Royal gloves of Henry VIII. Tudor King of England.
One of the most beautiful pair of gloves probably in existence, and fortunately in a fine state of preservation.
Enameled Jewels with rubies, emeralds, pearls. 16th century.
Enameled Jewels with rubies, emeralds, pearls of the 16th century. Hippocamp, Sea-horse with with rubies and emeralds. Death’s Head in white enamel, on gold.