Tag: Auguste Racinet

The Costume History in Chronological Development by Auguste Racinet. Edited by Adolf Rosenberg. Berlin 1888.

The Swedish farmhouse, the so-called Ryggastuga, is a small, simple dwelling house with a grass roof. Interior and household goods.

Costumes and scarves in the 18th and 19th century. The fashion of classicism during the French directorate, consulate and first empire.

French national costumes of Brittany. Département Finistère in the 19th century. Peasant and bourgeois costumes.

Female national costumes of Alsace. Hairdresses and headgear of the different estates. The bendel in different shapes. The fur cap.

Indian Art. Paintings and Niellos. The richness and harmony of the Oriental style. Ornaments on a bow, dagger, sheath of a sword, weapons.

The Clan of the Mac-Nicols, Sinclai, Colqhon, Farquharson, Urqhart, Mathesons, Mac-Niels, Clan Mac-Ivor, Chisholm, Mac-Lean, Clar-Innis

The different Clans of the Scottish Highlands. Chiefs, warriors and farmers. The colours of the bards. Tartan and plaid.

Decoration, taken from various periods of Greek Art. Specimens of Antefix, Meanders, mosaic-work. Frieze and corona ornaments.

France 18th century. Fashion types from the time of the Directory. Stock exchange speculators and crooks. The Merveilleuses and the Incroyables.

Women’s fashion of classicism in France at the end of the 18th century. Modes of the Directory and the Consulate (1795-1804).