Flamande costume femme XVII Siecle. Flemish woman 17th c.

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Achille Devéria, Flamande, costume, Flemish, Baroque,
Flemish woman 17th century

Flamande costume femme XVII Siecle.

Flemish woman costume XVII Century.

Historically, Flanders and Flemish refers only to the provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders, or the former County of Flanders, which is the western part of today’s Flanders region. 

Flemish people today refer to themselves as the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of the Belgian region of Flanders and a part of the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of the Brussels-Capital Region.

Source: Costumes historiques de ville ou de théatre et travestissements. Author: Achille Devéria and José Domínguez Bécquer. Publisher Paris: Goupil et Vibert 1831. Publisher London: Charles Tilt 1839. Printed by: Lemercier & Cie.

Source: Costumes historiques de ville ou de théatre et travestissements. Author: Achille Devéria and José Domínguez Bécquer. Publisher Paris: Goupil et Vibert 1831. Publisher London: Charles Tilt 1839. Printed by: Lemercier & Cie.

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