Costumes historiques par Achille Devéria. Costume Arabe. Saracen 18th century.
Costume Arabe. Saracen with sword, 18th century.
Tag: Levant
Levant is the historical geographical name for the countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia.
Reign of Philip III and Louis VIII. The influence of the Crusaders.
Severity of feminine costume – Long gowns and gimps – Marguerite of Provence – “Fermaux” – Reappearance of splendor in dress – Eastern customs – The priests of fashion – Haberdashery and peacock-feathers – Female embroiderers – Taste for embroidery – Continual temptations – Earliest sumptuary laws – Furs – St. Louis’s opinion on dress – Prohibitions by Philippe le Bel; speech made by his wife – Crépine.
Knights of Malta. Teutonic Knights. Nuns of the Order of St. John.
Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and sword brother (Order of Brothers of the German House Saint Mary in Jerusalem, Ordo Teutonicus). Knights of Templar. Nuns of the Order of St. John. Knights of St John, or Knights of Malta.
Woman of the Islamic faith of the Druze 1830.
Woman of the Islamic faith of the Druze in 1830. Costumes historiques de ville ou de théatre et travestissements. Author: Achille Devéria and José Domínguez Bécquer.
A Turkish musician at the Sultans court. Ottoman Empire.
This portrait represents one of the Grand Signior’s band in his usual habit. He is in the act of playing upon a mandolin, something similar to the modem or Spanish guitar
The Snake Goddess from Knossos. Priestess in Minoan Crete 2000 B.C.
The Snake Goddess from Knossos, ca. 2000 B.C. Regarded as characteristic of feminine fashion in Minoan Crete.
A Mahazi and a Soualeh Bedouin. The Oriental Album.
A Mahazi and a Soualeh Bedouin by Prisse d’Avennes
Warrior from Amhara, Ethiopia. The Oriental Album.
The Oriental Album. Characters, costumes, and modes of life, in the valley of the Nile.
Veiled Egyptian Woman with child. The Oriental Album.
Veiled Egyptian Woman with child. Source: The Oriental Album. Characters, Costumes, And Modes Of Life, In The Valley Of The Nile. Published 1848. Drawings by Prisse d’Avennes 1807-1879. Lithographs by… Read More
Camels Resting in the Sherkiyeh. Land of Goshen,
The Oriental Album. Camels Resting in the Sherkiyeh. Land of Goshen, Lower Egypt.