When Mme. Sarah Bernhardt first came to America, all her scenic costumes were designed by Maison de couture Félix.
Princesse dress. Promenade gown by Maison de couture Félix.
Innkeeper from the small town Miesbach in Bavaria.
Original traditional costume of an innkeeper from Miesbach, Upper Bavaria, close to Munich.
La Jeune Locrienne. Chapeau de Camille Roger, 1922.
Straw hat with horsehair ribbons. Locrian, resident of Locride (ancient Greece).
Indian embroidered satin stuff for dresses. Treasury of ornamental art.
The treasury of ornamental art. Specimen embroidered satin. Manufactured at Kachchh (Cutch), Gujarat in India.
A few pretty novelties. Creations by Premet & Jean Patou. 1923.
A few pretty novelties. Premet has made a black velvet dress with an edging of paste diamond lace. Philippe et Gaston put large diamond squares on white Georgine crepe.
Vision of Elegance. Getting ready for Deauville. Juli 1923.
Getting ready for Deauville. The parsienne is already enjoying foretastes of the idyllic delights of country life.
Japan shippō-yaki design. Cloisonné enamel.
Japan shippō-yaki design. Three segments of a circular border. Cloisonné enamel.
Rococo hunting party by Charles André van Loo 1737.
This painting dates from the most characteristic period of Louis XV’s reign and shows an extremely accurate representation of the society of that time.
B,hugtee,a, or Dancing Boy from India 1830s.
When boys are dressed for exhibition, as represented in the plate, there is nothing whatever, to distinguish them from the other sex.
Landing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Historical travelogue.
Historical travelogue by Emeric Essex Vidal and Rudolph Ackermann.