Three bronze shoes, the first worn on stage by the actress Miss Ada Cavendish. Ladies’ Dress Shoes of the Nineteenth Century.
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Royal and Republican Navy uniforms. France 18th century.
The uniforms of the French Navy under the government of Louis XVI and the revolution. 18th century.
Bagpipes. The Musette, Zampogna, Hurdy-gurdy and Cornemuse.
The Bagpipe (Cornemuse and Musette) and the hurdy- gurdy (Vielle) were, after the thirteenth century, banished to the lower orders, to the blind and to the wandering mendicant class.
Design of a silk pattern in franco-oriental style. 17th c.
Design of a silk pattern in franco-oriental style based on Persian ornamentation. France at the beginning of the 17th century.
Military of ancient Rome. Roman legions. Field signs. The legionary eagle.
Military of ancient Rome. Roman legions. Field signs. The legionary eagle. The Signifier, Aquilifer, Pincipales. The Roman army. The standard of the barbarians.
Musical instruments of the Middle Ages from the 12th to the 16th century.
Medieval musical instruments. Stringed instruments. The harp, the psaltery, the rota, the lute, the mandora, the guitar, the zither and the citole.
Transport wagons, coaches and carriages in 16th and 17th century.
Transport wagons, coaches and carriages in 16th and 17th century Europe. Coaches in France. Continental carriages in the 13th and 14th century.
Garde du Corps. Hussars and Ulans. Uniforms of the 18th century.
France first half of the 18th century uniforms. Rattky and Bercheny-Husars. Garde du Corps. Foreign regiments. Hussars and Ulans. Uniforms of French soldiers of the 18th century.
Embroidered Fukusa. Japan ornamental arts.
Embroidered Fukusa. Japan ornamental arts, by George Ashdown Audsley, 1882.
France 18th century. Military uniforms. Cavalry music.
France 18th century. Military uniforms. Cavalry music. Companies of the Kings Guard. The royal livery. The Musketeers of the Royal Guard.