Iconographie générale et méthodique du costume du IVe au XIXe siècle.
Venetian seigneurs. Nobles of France and Italy. 16th c.
Waverley, or, ‘Tis Sixty Years Since is the first novel by Sir Walter Scott.
Waverley appeared in 1814 and is considered the first British historical novel. The materials are Highland feudalism, military bravery, and description of natural scenery.
Garments of the ancient Greek women. Different types of chiton
The dressing process for women. Different types of chiton and how they were worn. Make-up and hair/body care.
Elizabeth Beauclerk, Lady Herbert second daughter of Lady Diana Spencer
Elizabeth Beauclerk was the third child and second daughter of Lady Diana and Topham Beauclerk, she married in 1787 her cousin George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke.
Chinese female coiffure from Canton, Shantou, Ningpo & Shanghai.
Mode of dressing the hair in vogue among the women of Shanghai, Canton, Shantou and Ningpo. Photo by John Thomson.
Prince Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Duke of Bavaria.
Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619 – 1682), called Rupert the Cavalier, was Prince of the Palatinate from the house of the Wittelsbacher
The “Pembroke” tapestry. Tapestry weaving in England. Tudor 16th c.
The “Pembroke” tapestry at V&A Museum, contains the armorial bearings of Sir William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke in the style known as “grotesque”.
Werther and Charlotte. Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774).
The suffering of the young Werther is regarded as the key novel of the Sturm and Drang (literally “storm and drive”). It developed into “the first bestseller of German literature”.
The Kokoshnik. Traditional Russian hairstyles and headgear.
Russia. Popular hairstyles. The traditional costume of Russian women especially the Kokoshnik (Russian: Коко́шник) has survived all innovations of fashion.
Greece. Women after the figures from Tanagra and Asia Minor.
The small terracotta figures from Tanagra almost without exception represent noble women who corresponded to the ideal of beauty and the fashion of that time.