This bust has been called that of a Maenad or Bacchante, an attribution which the comparison of other Bacchic types would seem fully to justify.
Female bust of a Bacchante. Maenad of Dionysiac cycle.
Asiatic Female with head-dress Cidaris. Persian Phoenician origin.
This bust has been explained as that of Adonis. The head-dress is essentially of Eastern origin, and the cap is analogous to that which is considered peculiar to the Phrygian and Persian races.
Bust of Apollo of great beauty, crowned with a narrow diadem.
The distinguishing characteristic of the head of Apollo is the manner in which the hair is represented.
Head of Minerva with helmet, slightly inclined to the right.
Head of Minerva. The hair, parted in the middle, is drawn back from the temples, after the manner usual in the representations of Minerva.
Minoan. Our Lady Of The Sports.
Minoan costume. Our Lady Of The Sports with male loincloth, Knossos. Chryselephantine Image of Goddess with male Loinclothing: Our Lady Of The Sports Views of Corset, Girdle and male loin… Read More
Statue of Roman Emperor Hadrian in full military costume.
A statue of Hadrian, in full military costume, with bare but bearded head, right arm and hand extended forward, and the left hand bearing the parazonium, or small short sword, in its sheath.
Bust of Minerva. Parian marble. Specimens of Ancient Sculpture.
The hair flow away from the forehead, and falls behind the neck in one solid tress, not unlike the hair on some of the caryatides. This arrangement is one of the most common characteristics of this goddes.
Juno crowned with an indented diadem, usually called Stephane.
A description of the collection of ancient Marbles in the British Museum by Combe Taylor, London 1861.
Belle Epoque Evening Dresses 1916. Modèls du style Parisian.
Evening dresses 1916. French Haute couture by Coudurier Fructus Descher. French Fin de siècle. Paris 1916. PETlTES ROBES DE SOIE. MODÈLS DU STYLE PARISIAN. Tissages de soieries Coudurier, Fructus & Descher.
Evening dresses. Broderies de Maurice Lefranc. Paris 1917.
Les Élégances Parisiennes. Broderies de Maurice Lefranc.
Paris Spring Season 1917.