Lace summer mantles. Knitted dresses. Romantic era 1846. Chapeaux de Mme. Pener, 4, rue Neuve Saint Augustin. Etoffes de robes de la Maison Gagelin. Mantelet en dentelle de l’été. Lingerie… Read More
Clarissa Harlowe by Samuel Richardson 1748.
Clarissa Harlowe ARRESTED on a charge of debt, Clarissa has been taken to the sponging-house. There Lovelace visits her. After describing the forlorn room she occupies, he says :
Dresses of Maison Gagelin 1846
La Mode 1846. Journal et gravures des mode. Bibliography of costume.
The Death of Virginia. Lays of ancient Rome.
Lais of Ancient Rome is an 1842 collection of narrative poems, or lais, by Thomas Babington Macaulay.
Rob Roy parting Rashleigh and Francis Osbaldistone. Sir Walter Scott.
Rob Roy is the sixth of Walter Scott’s Waverley novels. He wrote the book in the spring of 1817 and visited Loch Lomond and Glasgow Cathedral for research.
Knitted dress by Thiébaud-Guichard. Romantic era 1841.
Knitted dress by Thiébaud-Guichard. Romantic era 1841. Meubles de Maigret. Guipure de Doucet. Porcelaines de Toy. Miror de Giroux. Fleurs de Constantin. Etoffes de robes de Thiébaud-Guichard façon de Mlle.… Read More
Crepe Dress by Jacques Delisle. Romantic era 1840.
Crepe Dress by Jacques Delisle. Romantic era fashion 1840. Chapeau velours blanc de Maison Séguin. Plume et fleurs de Fauconnier fils Saint-Honoré. Robe de crépe de Jacques Delisle façon de… Read More
Man costume by Humann House, Paris. La Mode 1837.
Man costume by Humann House, Paris. La Mode 1837. Chapeaux en paille d’Italie avec plumes pleureurs de chez Lemonnier. Châle en tulle filet de chez Mme Lasalle no 54 Passage… Read More
Amazon riding costume. Romantic era 1837.
Amazon riding costume. Romantic era 1837. Cheveaux d’chez Crémieux. Brides & mons de chez Duchemnin Mme. Vivienne. Chapeaux de chez Bodson Dufour. Amazone & Costume de chez Maison Humann, à… Read More
Rhodope, the Egyptian Princess by Georg Ebers.
Rhodope, the Egyptian Princess. SO she raised her hands to the great and glorious sun, who with his golden, sword-like rays was just dispersing the mists that hung over the… Read More