Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world, based on authentic documents and and newer travel (1843) by Auguste Wahlen.
Tag: Brittany costumes
Embroidery designs from France National Costumes.
Embroidery designs from Ariège, Brittany, Auvergne. France national costumes 16th to 19th century.
Woman from the Quimper Region Brittany, France.
Woman folk clothing from the Quimper Region Brittany France. Costumes Nationaux by Lepage Medvey, Editions Hyperion, 1939. Gallery: Traditional French national costumes
Woman in traditional clothing from Île de Batz Brittany, France.
Traditional folk costume from Île de Batz Brittany, France.
Woman from Pont-l’Abbé Brittany region, France
Folk costume from Pont-l’Abbé Brittany region.
Traditional clothing from Brittany in 1850.
The Munich Picture Gallery 1848 to 1898. On the history of costumes.
Auguste Racinet. The Costume History by Françoise Tétart-Vittu.
Racinet's Costume History is an invaluable reference for students, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians; and a rich source of inspiration for anyone with an interest in clothing and style. Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted.
Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through to the end of the 19th century, the six volume work remains completely unique in its scope and detail. “Some books just scream out to be bought; this is one of them.” ― Vogue.com