Pyrrhus Receiving the Honor of Knighthood BEASONS of considerable force are adduced by M. Jubinal, in his splendid work on Early Tapestries, for believing that the Tapestry from which the… Read More
Pyrrhus Receiving the Honor of Knighthood
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Pallas Athene (Minerva) wearing the aegis with the Gorgon’s head.
Pallas Athene (Minerva) wearing the aegis with the Gorgon’s head on her breast; she wears the himation as a diplax.
Ancient Greek Female dancer with himation only.
Female dancer with himation only, called, when thus worn, Achiton, i.e. without chiton.
Women with clasp-fastened chiton.
Greece classical period. Greek female dress of antiquity.
Greek woman of antiquity with detached diploidion.
Ancient Greek woman. Side view of figure with detached diploidion. The female dress of the classical period.
Rococo coiffures of the 18th century.
Various Rococo headdresses and hairstyles; from the books of the time.
German Belle Époque hairstyles in 1906.
Art nouveau Hairstyles. Berlin May 1906. German General hairdresser newspaper.
French baroque and rococo wigs. Diderot`s Encyclopaedia
Wigs of men and woman. Baroque, rococo. 18th century. Diderot`s Encyclopaedia
Limonadiere before triumphal arch of the Place du Carrousel. Paris, 1821.
No vender of any article in the world makes a greater display than the Limonadiere of Paris.
Flower girl of Paris with huge wooden shoes, 1821.
This way of carrying loads is common in France. A wooden frame is secured to the shoulders, and rests upon the whole surface of the back to the hips.