Official mistress (maîtresse en titre) of Philippe II de Bourbon, duc d’Orléans (1674-1723), regent for the minor king Louis XV, and thus one of the most important persons in the Régence period.
Marie Madeleine de la Vieuville, comtesse de Parabère.
Category: Hairstyle
Coiffures historiques. Hairstyle.
France. Hairstyle of the 17th century. Coiffure Louis XIV.
Hair fashion in the time of Louis XIV. 17th century.
Coiffure Louis XVI. Rococo period.
Coiffure Louis XVI. Rococo period. „Album de coiffures histories“ by E. Nissy. Published 1890 by Albert Brunet.
Mme. Premet fashion. Model of Crepe Chinois 1913
Mme. Premet fashion. Model of Crepe Chinois 1913. Plaid silk deep girdle and sash. Black Crepe Chinois skirt. White chiffon waist embroidered with tiny drop bulton of old rose beads and gold… Read More
Venetia. Noblewoman of the 15th century
Costume of the Venetian Renaissance in the first half of the 15th century.
Adrienne Lecouvreur the most important French actress of her time.
Adrienne Couvreur, called Lecouvreur, was considered the most important French actress of her time.
Gender roles in 1950s.
Gender roles in 1950s. Set at the 1956 General Motors Motorama, this is one of the key Populuxe films of the 1950s, showing futuristic dream cars and Frigidaire’s “Kitchen of… Read More
Citizen woman from Bautzen, 16th century.
Citizen woman from Bautzen, Germany 1592. Renaissance period clothing and style. Spanish collar.
Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska 1725-1768.
Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska from the polish noble Leszczynski was by marriage to Louis XV. Queen of France.
Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie, duchesse de Bourgogne 1685-1712.
Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie was the mother of King Louis XV.