Last third of the XVIIth century. Reign of King Louis XIV (1643-1715).
France. Peasants. Gendarme on horseback c.1680.
Category: Ancien Régime
Ancien Régime. Early modernity all over Europe before the French Revolution of 1789, a term representative for absolutism.
Madame Le Brun and Child exhibited at the Salon of 1787
Painted at Vigée Le Brun’s best period this group ranks among her highest achievements,- it has been engraved and reproduced times out of number
Château de Fontainebleau, the Palace in the Forest
Fontainebleau reflects and preserves for us the glories of the gay and splendour-loving kings of France.
Pendulum clock gilded bronze. Lighters Epoch of regency.
This watch is said to have belonged to Madame du Barry. Pendulum clock gilded bronze. Model by Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (Paris 1719-1791). Louis XV era. Pavillon de Louveciennes
Fourreau élégant. La bonne petite Soeur promenant son petit frère. 1786.
La bonne petite Soeur promenant son petit frère. Elle est Coiffée d’un Chapeau à la sicilienne et vêtue d’un Fourreau élégant.
The Grand Lever. Second Toilette of a lady of state. France 18th century.
France 18th century. The Grand Lever. The morning toilet of a lady of status. The caracos, the shirts, the overskirt, etc. Female fashion during the reign of Louis XVI.
Royal and Republican Navy uniforms. France 18th century.
The uniforms of the French Navy under the government of Louis XVI and the revolution. 18th century.
Marie-Antoinette as Dauphine and as Queen of France.
Marie-Antoinette as an example of elegance and extravagance.Rococo the period of the gallantry.
Hairstyles, hats and caps. Reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
France 18th century. Fashions from the second half of the government of Louis XVI. Hairstyles. Hats and caps. The Déshabillés.
HAIRSTYLES. – HATS AND CAPS. THE DESHABILLÉS.
Man in tailcoat à la Anglaise. Galerie des Modes et Costumes Français.
Jeune elegant en habit moucheté avec une veste blanche garnie de bandes d’indiene et coeffé d’un chapeau à la Suisse et une queue a l’Angloise. 1778.