Empress Elisabeth of Austria wearing a courtly gala dress designed by Charles Frederick Worth, 1865, with Diamond Stars by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1865.
Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Duchess of Bavaria (also called Sisi).
Category: Nobility
Marie Therese Louise Lamballe of Savoy, Princess of Carignan.
Princess Lamballe. This illustrious female was one of the most innocent victims of the Revolution
Chevalier Charles d’Éon de Beaumont.
He was a transgender/non-binary french spy. one of the most brilliant and contradictory characters of the eighteenth century
Assyrian Blouses and Ensembles. Costumes common to both sexes.
Babylonian gown. Tunic, blouses and ensembles. Costumes common to both sexes. The Luxurious Assyrian Costumes
Salon de Musique of Queen Marie Antoinette
Salon de Musique of Queen Marie Antoinette, Palace of Fontainebleau, France.
Gallic fabrics and embroideries. Merovingian fashion.
Gallic fabrics and embroideries. Gaul Plate 8.
Gilt State Bed of Queen Marie Antoinette. Palais de Fontainebleau.
French, Style Louis XVI. In the Chambre à Coucher, Palais de Fontainebleau, France. The Lyonnais Silk Hangings, designed by Philippe de Lassale.
THE GRAND SEIGNEUR. The Turkish Sultan in 1749.
THE GRAND SEIGNEUR, taken from VIEN’S CARAVANNE, a book which represents the Dresses in a Turkish Masquerade given by the Pensioners of the French Academy at Rome, in the Year… Read More
Habit of the Sultaness Queen in 1749.
Habit of the Sultaness Queen in 1749. La Sultane Reine. Consort of the Ottoman sultan. THE SULTANESS QUEEN, from VIEN’S CARAVANE *. The Habit of the Women, like that of… Read More
The four Grand Duchesses of the House of Romanov.
The four Grand Duchesses, photographed about 1914. From left to right: Maria, Tatjana, Anastasia, Olga. In 1918, at the time of their assassination, Olga was twenty-two years old, Tatiana just… Read More