Venice, fashion during the Italian renaissance, 16th century. Source: Giacomo Franco (1550-1620). Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane: con la processione della serma. Signoria et altri particolari cioè trionfi feste et cerimonie… Read More
Category: Court dress
Ottoman Empire, Sultan Mehmed II.
Ottoman Empire, Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II. (1432-1481 ) Painting by Gentile Bellini (not proved), 25 November 1480.
Gloves in British fashion history.
British fashion history by Florence Mary Gardener. Gloves of King Henry VI., Queen Elizabeth, King James I., Queen Mary of scots, Hawking Glove.
Dinner of an European Ambassador in the Hall of the Divan.
Dinner of an European Ambassador with the Grand Vizier in the Hall of the Divan. The Divan of the Sublime Porte was the council of the Ottoman Empire.
Headdress Siena 13th century. Horned shaped hennin.
Woman from Siena, wearing a horned shaped hennin. Italy 13th century.
Assyrian High Priest and King clothing
The history of costumes. Mesopotamia. Assyrian, Babylonian costume history.
Costumes and court dresses of Medes nobility.
Costumes and court dresses of Medes nobility. Ancient female and male clothing.
Roman Nobility Women and Female Slave.
Costumes of Noble Roman women and female slave.
Ancient Persian warriors and king costumes.
On the history of costumes. Thirty-fourth sheet. Antiquity. Assyrians, Persians, Medes. Münchener Bilderbogen No. 635. Illustration by A. Müller. Persian warrior. Noble Persian. Persian Warrior. Source: Münchener Bilderbogen 1848 to… Read More
Byzantine Knight and Chancellor. 10th century.
Ancient Byzantine Knight and Chancellor.