Hat Models of Sourire d’Automne. Art deco hat fashion 1921. Les Chapeaux du Très Parisien Vol. 1. Hiver 1921-1922. Direction artistique: G.P. Joumard.
Hat Models of Sourire d’Automne. Art deco hat fashion 1921.
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Stool bearer to the Turkish Sultan. Ottoman Empire.
Stool bearer to the Turkish Sultan. (in charge of guarding and carrying the Sultan’s riding stool).
The Chief Usher to the Turkish Sultan. Ottoman Empire.
One of their employments, among others, is to present every one who is introduced at court, or approaches the fool of the throne; and, on some particular occasions, this is done by the chief usher himself.
A Usher at the court of the Turkish Sultan. Ottoman empire.
That body of men, to whom Europeans give the name of Ushers, is of a very great use in the court of the Grand Signior.
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.
A man from the area of Athens with a sheep in the mountains.
A man from the area of Athens. Historical and folk costumes by Franz Lipperheide.
Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie, duchesse de Bourgogne 1685-1712.
Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie was the mother of King Louis XV.
Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon 1635-1719.
Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, briefly called Madame de Maintenon was the last mistress and in morganatic marriage, the second wife of Louis XIV of France.
Ninon de Lenclos. The Celebrated Beauty of the 17th Century.
Ninon de L’Enclos was a French liberal and educated intellectual, feminist, writer (La coquette vengée “The Flirt Avenged”) and lover of many also famous contemporaries. She was one of the outstanding women of the ancien regime, the participation in their Jours was a great society honor.
