Mandarins are still known today for their silk, splendid court costumes
Mandarin. High state official in Imperial China, c. 1843.
Tag: Chinese customs
Traditional Chinese dress, culture and customs of the various regions.
Jonque chinoise. Chinese junk ship, 1843.
Jonque chinoise. Chinese junk 1843. Gallery: Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world.
China Jesuit missionary costume.
China Jesuit missionary costume, 1843. Jésuite missionnaire à la Chine. Gallery: Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world. Associated with: The Rise… Read More
Rice cultivation at Suzhou, China. Transplanting and Sowing in 1843.
Rice cultivation in ancient China. Landscape, Architecture, Costumes, Temples, Palaces, Manners with description.
Woman from Hong Kong in traditional Chinese costume.
Woman from Hong Kong in traditional Chinese costume.
A Chinese cotton wool cleaner, 19th century.
Our engraving represents an early stage of the latter-the cleaning the cotton-wool, before it passes into the hands of the spinner.
Upper class Chinese nobility in 1840.
Chinois de la haute classe. Natural History and pictures of the people and the different races and tribes
Chinese garden – Paris exhibition grounds, 1878.
The Paris Exposition Universelle of 1878 By Arthur Chandler.
The Emperor of China, 1843.
The Emperor of China. L’empereur de Chine. Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen.
The Taotai. Chinese Governor of Kashgar.
A Chinese provincial Governor seated in front of his felt tent, accompanied by a soldier of his suite.