Traditional French Costume. Woman from Pays de Caux Normandy Costumes Nationaux by Lepage Medvey, Editions Hyperion, 1939. Gallery: Traditional French national costumes
Woman from Pays de Caux Normandy
Tag: French customs
Traditional French dress, culture and customs of the various regions.
An old woman tells sleepy stories. Mont Cenis. Nursing 1821.
Nursing at Mont Cenis. Infancy is ever the same in all countries. A child puts on the spectacles of age, an old woman tells sleepy stories.
Woman with wide-brimmed hat. Peoples of Mont Cenis in 1821.
The females of Mount Cenis are almost mattressed round, and their broad brims form a constant umbrella.
French Postillion wearing sçavans, nankeen trousers and leather hat.
The mixture of self-conceit, noise, tawdry, and shifts, forming his composition, constitute a true and complete emblem of his countrymen’s natural accomplishments and qualities.