British costume. The Britons. The druidical robe. Civil dress. The Sagum. The Tunic
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Antigone and Ismene. Greek mythology.
Antigone and Ismene. ANTIGONE (ancient Greek Ἀντιγόνη), daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta (in Homer’s work, Iokaste is called Epikaste.) was a noble Greek maiden, with a heroic attachment to her… Read More
Free Mulatto of Lima, Peru. Mulâtresse libre.
Free Mulatto of Lima, Peru. Mulâtresse libre, Lima. Source: Le Musée cosmopolite. Costumes actuels de tous les peuples, gravés sur acier par les premiers Graveurs de Paris. Paris, Ancienne Mon… Read More
The Burial of Atala. Francois Auguste Chateaubriand.
The Burial of Atala. Francois Auguste Chateaubriand’s “Atala.”
Ensembles of Bernard & Cie and Ardanse.
Ensembles of Bernard & Cie and Ardanse. Art-Goût-Beauté: feuillets de l’élégance féminine.
Macedonian embroidery with silk, felt appliqué and sequins.
Pattern, Kelim technique, embroidery with silk, felt appliqué and sequins from Kumanovo, Vodna, Romanovce near Kumanovo, Skopje, Macedonia. Ethnographic Museum, Zagreb, Croatia.
Romanian embroideries from sleeve, shoulder and front of a shirt.
Museum for Ethnology, Vienna, Austria. Romanian embroidery pattern designs of 19th century originals. Traditional embroidery from sleeve, shoulder and front of a shirt. Sleeve embroideries.
Archimedes of Syracuse. Mathematician of antiquity.
Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek χρχιμήδης Archimēdēs) born around 287 BC probably in Syracuse; Died in 212 BC, was a Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer. He is considered one of the most important mathematicians of antiquity.
Kirghiz Sultan Beck and family. Kazakhstan.
Kirghiz Sultan Beck and family. Kazakhstan. Sultan Beck and family, trained hunting-hawk and camels.
Création Chanel. Dress worn by Princess Dimitri.
Création Chanel. Dress for afternoon-evening worn by Princess Dimitri Romanov, Princess of Russia.