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Pallas Athene (Minerva) wearing the aegis with the Gorgon’s head.

8/4/13
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Pallas Athena, Phidias, Ancient Greek, costume,Greece, clothing himation, diplax,

Pallas Athene (Minerva) wearing the aegis with the Gorgon’s head on her breast; she wears the himation as a diplax.

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Tagged Ancient Greek helmets, Clothing in ancient Greece, Thomas Hobe

Statue of Athene with the skin of the goat Amalthea.

8/4/13
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Greece, Statue, Athene, chiton, peplos, diploidion, Amalthea, ancient, clothing,

Statue of Athene; wears as under-garment the chiton, next the peplos, with the wars of the giants and the skin of the goat Amalthea.

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Tagged Ancient sculpture, Clothing in ancient Greece, Thomas Hobe

Ancient Greek Female dancer with himation only.

8/4/13
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Greece, himation, Ancient, Greek, fashion, history,

Female dancer with himation only, called, when thus worn, Achiton, i.e. without chiton.

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Tagged Clothing in ancient Greece, Thomas Hobe

Women with clasp-fastened chiton.

8/4/13
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Greece, chiton Ancient, Greek, fashion, history,

Greece classical period. Greek female dress of antiquity.

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Tagged Ancient Greek headdresses, Clothing in ancient Greece, Thomas Hobe

Greek woman of antiquity with detached diploidion.

8/1/13
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Diploidion, Ancient, Greece, costume,

Ancient Greek woman. Side view of figure with detached diploidion. The female dress of the classical period.

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Tagged Clothing in ancient Greece, Thomas Hobe

Rococo coiffures of the 18th century.

7/31/13
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Rococo, headdresses,hairstyles, Coiffures, 18th century,

Various Rococo headdresses and hairstyles; from the books of the time.

Filed under 18th Century, Ancien Régime, France, French fashion history, Hairstyle, Hat, Headdresses, Nobility
Tagged Baroque fashion, Firmin Didot, Rococo fashion

German Belle Époque hairstyles in 1906.

7/31/13
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Art nouveau Hairstyles. Berlin May 1906. German General hairdresser newspaper.

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French baroque and rococo wigs. Diderot`s Encyclopaedia

7/31/13
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Wigs, Baroque, Rococo, 18th century, fashion, Allonge, Diderot, Encyclopaedia

Wigs of men and woman. Baroque, rococo. 18th century. Diderot`s Encyclopaedia

Filed under 18th Century, Accessoires, Ancien Régime, Baroque, France, French fashion history, Hairstyle, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Rococo
Tagged Allonge wig, Baroque fashion, Rococo fashion

Scottish clan Mac Dhubhich, or Mac Duffs.

7/31/13
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Scottish Clan kilts, tartans, dress, arms, tartans, armorial insignia, and social occupations.

MAC DHUBHICH, OR MAC DUFFS. THIS surname is one of the most ancient in Scotland, and the chief was among the first of those nobles who became distinguished by the Saxon title of Earl.

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Limonadiere before triumphal arch of the Place du Carrousel. Paris, 1821.

7/31/13
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Limonadiere, Paris, French, costumes,

No vender of any article in the world makes a greater display than the Limonadiere of Paris.

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Tagged Architecture, French customs, French national costumes, Grand Tour, Richard Bridgens, Travel
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