Frac a la Polonoise. Suit in Polish style 1780.
Tag: Collection d’habillements
Collection d’habillements modernes et galants avec les habillements des princes et seigneurs. Paris 1780. Dessiné par Claude-Louis Desrais; Gravé par Martial Deny; Carl de Vinck. Éditeur et marchand, André Basset.
Jeune Elégante. Robe à la Levite. Coiffure d’un Chapeau en Corbeille.
Young Elegant Girl, Headdress of a Corbeille Hat, adorned with Flowers and Feathers, …
Marie Therese de Savoye, Comtesse d’Artois wearing a Court Dress.
Marie Therese de Savoye, Countess of Artois with Coëffure in tapée reversed with four loops, surmounted of Egrets, Pearls and Flowers.
Madame Marie-Joséphe-Louise de Savoie in court dress 1780.
Marie-Joséphe-Louise de Savoie, Princesse de Sardaigne, 1753-1810, in Versailles court dress during the reign of Louis XVI.
Queen of France, Marie Antoinette in court dress.
Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of France in Court dress
Louis XVI. Monarque juste et bienfaisant: vêtu d’un manteau royal.
Louis XVI in 1780, dressed in a royal purple velvet coat with golden fleurs-de-lis.
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