Éventail de plumes sous François 1er, Serti de rubis et d’un saphir, Chaîne en or, ciselée, médaillon avec un camée, Manche d’ombrelle, Pendant de cou or émaillé sur médaillon de lapis. Les Modes de la Renaissance de l’an 1461 à l’an 1574.
French women’s costume. Shoes. The fashions of the Renaissance from 1461 to 1574.
Septimius Severus was born in Africa of Roman parents; he died at York in the year 211 a. D. after a severe illness at the age of sixty-six. This bust was found in the year 1776 on the Palatine Hill, in the part of the Palace of the Cæsars now occupied by the Villa Magnani.
Wigs of men and woman. Baroque, rococo. 18th century. Diderot`s Encyclopaedia
CEINTURES NOUVELLES, 1917. MODÈLS DU STYLE PARISIAN, FRANCE.
L’histoire du costume féminin français. Les modes du Moyen Age, de l’an 1037 à l’an 1461. Chapeaux. Escoffion, Chapeau breton, Collier, Hénin, Banniere des Chapeliers, Chapeau d’élégante.
It contains a piece of paper on which is written: “An old purse worn by Sir Walter Scott for many years, made of mole-skin.”
Toadstone Amulet protecting new-born children and their mothers from the power of the fairies. Purse of Rob Roy, Helen Macgregor`s Brooch. Abbotsford, the personal relics and antiquarian treasures of Sir Walter Scott.
The pipes are finely coloured meerschaum, mounted in silver and with silver covers.
Tapestry of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois. English dresses at the opening of the 16th century. The costume was remarkably stiff and ungraceful, yet exceedingly rich and expensive.
