Tag Archives: Modes et Costumes Historiques

Modes and Historical Costumes. “Modes et Costumes Historiques“. Drawing by Xavier Willemin. Edited and steel engraving by Hippolyte Louis Emile and Polidor Jean Charles Pauquet. Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin London, 1864

Claude of France 1498-1524, Queen of France.

Queen Claude of France. Renaissance costumes. 15th century fashion. nobility court dress.

Claude of France 1498-1524, Queen of France

Claude of France 1498-1524, Queen consort of King Francis I.

Claude de France from the House of Valois, was countess of Soissons, Duchess of Brittany and Queen of France through marriage.  Continue reading →

Henri d’Albret in 1527. French nobility. Renaissance era.

Henri d'Albret 1527. Renaissance fashion. 16th century fashion. Tudor costume

Henri d’Albret 1527

Henri d’Albret, 1503-1555, Grandfather From Henri IV in Renaissance clothing 1527.

Henri d’Albret, brother-in-law of the French king Francis I (1497–1547). Henri ruled the independent kingdom of Navarre from 1518 to 1555. Continue reading →

Marquis and Marquise dancing the Pas de rigaudon 1763.

Modes Parisiennes. Pas de rigaudon. Marquis, Marquise. Rococo fashion. Court dress in Versailles.

Modes Parisiennes. Marquis and Marquise dancing the Pas de rigaudon.

Modes Parisiennes. Marquis and Marquise dancing the Pas de rigaudon 1763.

Reign of Louis XV. Rococo fashion era. Court of Versailles.

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Parisian Bourgeois in the Reign of Louis XII 1510.

Parisian Bourgeois. Renaissance fashion. 16th century costumes

Parisian Bourgeois in the Reign of Louis XII 1510.

Parisian Bourgeois in the Reign of Louis XII 1510. French Renaissance.

“Modes et Costumes Historiques“. Drawing by Xavier Willemin. Edited and steel engraving by Hippolyte Louis Emile and Polidor Jean Charles Pauquet. Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin London, 1864. Continue reading →