France. Peasants. Gendarme on horseback c.1680.

On the history of costumes. Forty-fourth sheet. Last third of the XVIIth century. Münchener Bilderbogen No. 747. Illustration by F. Rothbart.

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France. Peasants. Gendarme on horseback c.1680.

France. Peasants. Gendarme on horseback c.1680.

Baroque fashion period.

Last third of the XVIIth century. Reign of King Louis XIV (1643-1715).

Source: Münchener Bilderbogen 1848 bis 1898. On the history of costumes. Published by Braun & Schneider. Kgl. Hof-und Universitäts-Buchdruckerei von Dr. C. Wolf & Sohn in Munich.

Illustration, damasks, ornament
Note:  French hat fashion by Marie Louise, Paris 1917.
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