Woman in traditional richly embroidered costume from Heľpa, Slovakia.
Category: Headdresses
Costume and Fashion History. Fashion plates of hats and headdresses from ancient to modern times.
Old head dressings from Sibiu, Transylvania
Old head dressings from Sibiu, Transylvania. (Gateala veche de cap din Sibiu.) Gallery: Romanian Folk Costumes. Portul popular romanesc by Alexandrina Enachescu Cantemir. Editeur: Prof. Dimitrie Gusti. Published: Scrisul Romanesc,… Read More
Romanian Head dressing from Făgăraș, Transylvania.
Romanian Head dressing from Făgăraș, Transylvania. (Gateala de cap din Făgăraș Transilvania.) Gallery: Romanian Folk Costumes. Portul popular romanesc by Alexandrina Enachescu Cantemir. Editeur: Prof. Dimitrie Gusti. Published: Scrisul Romanesc,… Read More
Amazon. Illustration of a female warrior found on a Greek vase.
The costume of the ancient, by Thomas Hope. Amazon picture was found on a Greek vase.
Asiatic Female with head-dress Cidaris. Persian Phoenician origin.
This bust has been explained as that of Adonis. The head-dress is essentially of Eastern origin, and the cap is analogous to that which is considered peculiar to the Phrygian and Persian races.
Head of Minerva with helmet, slightly inclined to the right.
Head of Minerva. The hair, parted in the middle, is drawn back from the temples, after the manner usual in the representations of Minerva.
Minoan. Our Lady Of The Sports.
Minoan costume. Our Lady Of The Sports with male loincloth, Knossos. Chryselephantine Image of Goddess with male Loinclothing: Our Lady Of The Sports Views of Corset, Girdle and male loin… Read More
Statue of Roman Emperor Hadrian in full military costume.
A statue of Hadrian, in full military costume, with bare but bearded head, right arm and hand extended forward, and the left hand bearing the parazonium, or small short sword, in its sheath.
Bust of Minerva. Parian marble. Specimens of Ancient Sculpture.
The hair flow away from the forehead, and falls behind the neck in one solid tress, not unlike the hair on some of the caryatides. This arrangement is one of the most common characteristics of this goddes.
Juno crowned with an indented diadem, usually called Stephane.
A description of the collection of ancient Marbles in the British Museum by Combe Taylor, London 1861.