Parisian costumes of the 18th century. Ragpicker. Water carrier.

Parisian costumes of the 18th century.

Parisian costumes of the 18th century.

Water carrier. Merchant of melons. Ragpicker. Merchant of sweets.

Porteur d’eau. Marchant de melons. Chiffonnière. Marchande de Plaisirs. Costumes de Paris.

From thé book: Paris à travers les siècles. Histoire nationale de Paris et des Parisiens depuis la fondation de Lutèce jusqu’à nos jours, by Nicolas Jules Henri Gourdon de Genouillac. Published 1879. Free eBook. Amazon

Associated to French fashion history:

1. Ladies hat styles from 1776-1790 by Rose Bertin.
2. The Salons of Paris before the French Revolution 1786-1789.
3. The Evolution of Modern Feminine Fashion 1786.
4. Caraco a´la francaise in 1786.
5. Fashion in Paris and London, 1780 to 1788.
6. Reign of Louis XIV. 1643 to 1715.
7. Reign of Louis XV. 1715 to 1774.
8. Reign of Louis XVI. 1774 to 1780.
9. Reign of Louis XVI., 1780 to 1789.
10. The French Republic 1789 to 1804.
11. Reign of Napoleon I. 1804 to 1814.

Fashion, New Edition: The language of clothes (Smithsonian).