Second half of the 18th Century. Fashion of the Rococo.

French, German, fashion, costumes, nobility, Rococo, Münchener Bilderbogen
Second half of the 18th Century. Fashion of the Rococo.

Second half of the 18th Century. Fashion of the Rococo.

Second half of the 18th Century. Fashion of the Rococo.
Top row left: Fashion of 1780 Right: lady in hoop skirt. Nobleman with allonge wig.
Bottom row left: Abbé. Servant in the Contouche (Andrienne, robe à la Française). Right: nobleman and noblewoman in the fashion of 1780 (Crinoline fashion of Rococo period).

On the history of costumes. Münchener Bilderbogen. Edited by Braun and Schneider 1860.

Illustration, damasks, ornament
Note:  Costumes and shawls. French directorate, consulate and first Empire.

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