History of costumes in chronological development. Fashion from Ancient to the 19th century. The Munich Picture Gallery 1848 to 1898.
Jules Hardouin-Mansart: The Architectural Genius of Versailles
French fashion designers have long been at the forefront of avant-garde style and Paris has long been considered the birth city of fashion – the ultimate fountain of sophistication, glamorous muses and endless inspiration. But let's turn back the clocks and leave the capital for the villages of prov
Each summer, after the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York closes its doors on one exhibition (this year’s “Punk: Chaos to Couture” drew almost half a million visitors), it’s time to start thinking of the theme for the following spring.
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Dress worn by Lillah McCarthy as Lavinia in "Androcles and the Lion", St. James's Theatre, 1913.
THE COSTUME, FASHION & DRESS COLLECTION This collection is 2.9 GB in size. This might take some time to download depending on your connection speed. You will be able to download in sections or all together once the payment has been completed. The Digital Library is proud to present this stunning virtual archive of 149 rare, vintage and hard-to-find books and documents compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library covering all aspects of COSTUME & DRESS THROUGHOUT THE AGES. Discover the history and origins of costume and dress, from the prehistoric times right through to the late 1800’s. Read about the clothing and fashion of the ancients including Egypt, Persia and Greece. Study the history of dress and costume from around the world including Britain, Asia, China, West Africa, France, Europe and Russia. Also included in this astonishing collection are all 6 volumes of Auguste Racinets ‘Le Costume Historique’. Comprising of over 3200 pages and almost 500 exquisite illustrations that are works of art in their own right, it is arguably the most wide-ranging and intelligent study of clothing ever published. Overall, this is an absolute must for anyone with an interest in the dress, fashion and clothing from around the world throughout the ages. Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material for anyone with an interest in the history of costume including researchers, historians, costume designers and theatre / stage producers. The full list of titles included speaks for itself…. This is a DIGITAL item! All of the books have been scanned in HQ and preserved forever in modern pdf format, easy to read on any laptop, computer, e-reader, tablet or even smartphone. You can also print any page you wish or even books in their entirety. *** Full List of Books Included *** A complete view of the dress and habits of the people of England Vols. 1 & 2 by J. Strutt (1796) A cyclopaedia of costume or dictionary of dress Vols. 1 & 2 by J. R. Planche (1876) A history of English dress from the Saxon period to the present day Vols. 1 & 2 by G. Hill (1893) A history of feminine fashion by House of Worth (1921) A manual of costume as illustrated by monumental brasses by H. Druitt (1906) A reading and reference list on costume (1909) A short treatise on boots and shoes, ancient and modern by W. A. Goater (1884) A short treatise on head wear, ancient and modern by A. C. Goater (1885) Aggiunte all'opera Il costume antico e moderno di tutti i popoli, cogli analoghi disegni Vols. 1 - 3 - G Ferrario (1833) An illustration of the Egyptian, Grecian, and Roman costume; in forty outlines, with descriptions, selected, drawn & engraved by T. Baxter (1810) Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian costumes and decorations by M. G. Houston (1920) Ancient Greek female costume by J. M. Smith (1882) Asiatic costumes from drawings taken during a residence in India (1851) Bekleidungskunst und Mode von M. Von Boehn (1918) Beschryving van's Graven-hage Vols. 1 & 2 von J de Reimer (1730) British costume - a complete history of the dress of the inhabitants of the British islands by J. Planche (1846) British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) by C. H. Ashdown (1910) Chapters on Greek dress by M. Evans (1893) Chats on costume by G. W. Rhead (1906) China, its costume, arts, manufactures, etc. Vols. 1 - 3 by M. Breton (1812) Clothes, on and off the stage; a history of dress from the earliest times to the present day by H. Chalmers (1922) Costume - fanciful, historical, and theatrical by E. D. Aria (1906) Costume & fashion Vols. 1 & 2 by H. Norris (1922) Costume design and illustration by E. Traphagen (1918) Costume in England - a history of dress from the earliest period until the close of the eighteenth century by F. W. Fairholt (1860) Costume of colonial times by A. M. Earle (1896) Costume of the ancients Vols. 1 & 2 by T. Hope (1812) Costume of the Russian empire - illustrated by upwards of seventy richly coloured engravings by E. Harding (1811) Costumes of all nations by Duke Sons & Co. (1888) Costumes of Europe with descriptions of the people, manners, and customs (1852) Costumes on the western coast of Africa by T. W. Ramsay (1830) Dame fashion - Paris - London, 1786-1912 by J. M. Price (1913) Das Kostu˜m in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart von G. Buk (1906) Dress - as it has been, is, and will be by I. Walker (1885) Dress and adornment in the Mountain Province of Luzon, Philippine Islands by M. Vanoverbergh (1920) Dress and insignia worn at His Majesty's court, issued with the authority of the lord chamberlain (1921) Dress worn at court by H. G. Bennett (1903) Dresses and decorations of the Middle Ages Vols. 1 & 2 by H. Shaw (1843) English costume and fashion from the conquest to the regency (A.D. 1070-1820) by L. Wingfield (1884) English costume by D. C. Calthrop (1907) English costume from prehistoric times to the end of the eighteenth century by G. Clinch (1910) English costume Vols. 1 - 4 by D. C. Calthrop (1906) Evolution of dress fastening devices from the bone pin to the koh-i-noor by H. Manchester (1922) Extremadura costume - women's festival dress at Monte hermoso, Caceres, ten illustrations from photographs in the collecton of the Hispanic Society of America (1912) Fancy dresses described; or, What to wear at fancy balls by A. Holt (1887) Fashion in Paris; the various phases of feminine taste and aesthetics from 1797 to 1897 by O. Uzanne (1898) Fashion in Paris; the various phases of feminine taste and æsthetics from the revolution to the end of the XIXth century by O. Uzanne (1901) Frauen-Trachtenbuch von J. Amman (1880) Geschichte des kostüms in chronologischer entwicklung Vols. 1 - 5 von A. Racinet (1888) Geschichte des Kostüms Vols. 1 - 5 von A. Rosenberg (1905) Greek dress; a study of the costumes worn in ancient Greece, from pre-Hellenic times to the Hellenistic age by E. B. Abrahams (1908) Histoire de la mode en France par E. de La Bédollière (1858) Histoire du costume antique d'après des études sur le modèle vivant par L. A. Heuzey (1922) Histoire du costume au théâtre depuis les origines du théâtre en France jusqù'a nos jours par A. Jullien (1880) Histoire du costume en France - depuis les temps les plus recules jusqu'a la fin du XVIIIe siecle par J. Quicherat (1875) Histoire générale du costume civil, religieux et militaire du 4e au 12e siècle Occident (315-1100) par R. Jacquemin (1870) Historic costumes - their influence on modern fashions by S. H. Dutchett (1920) Historic dress in America, 1607-1800; with an introductory chapter on dress in the Spanish and French settlements in Florida and Louisiana by E. McClellan (1917) Historic dress in America, 1800-1870 by E. McClellan (1910) Historic dress of the clergy by G. S. Tyack (1897) Illustrations of China and its people - a series of two hundred photographs, with letterpress descriptive of the places and people represented Vols. 1, 2 & 4 by J. Thomson (1873) Japanese costume by H. C. Gunsaulus (1923) La Russie, ou, Moeurs, usages, et costumes des habitans de toutes les provinces de cet empire Vols. 1 - 6 par M. Breton (1813) Le costume civil in France du XIIIe au XIXe siècle par C. Piton (1913) Le costume en orient par M. Tilke (1922) Le Costume Historique Vols. 1- 6 by A. Racinet (1876 - 1888) Les français peints par eux-mêmes - encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle Vols. 1, 2, 4 - 9 (1840) Manners, customs, and dress during the Middle Ages, and during the Renaissance period by P. L. Jacob (1874) Mesdames nos aieules - dix siecles d'elegances par A. Robida (1800) Moden und Trachten; Fragmente zur Geschichte des Costüms von H. Hauff (1840) Modes & manners of the nineteenth century as represented in the pictures and engravings by the time Vols. 1 - 3 by O. Fischel (1909) Moeurs, usages, costumes des Othomans et abrégé de leur histoire Vol. 3 par A. L. Castellan (1812) Oriental costumes - their designs and colors by M. Tilke (1922) Palais du costume - le costume en Egypte du IIIe au XIIIe siècle par L. Gayat (1900) Pictures of the French - a series of literary and graphic delineations of French character by J. Janin (1840) Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Austrians by W. Alexander (1814) Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the English by W. Alexander (1813) Recueil curieux de pièces originales, rares ou inédites, en prose et en vers, sur le costume et les revolutions de la mode en France par P. Jacob (1852) Rose Bertin, the creator of fashion at the court of Marie-Antoinette by E. Langlade (1913) Royal and historic gloves and shoes by W. B. Redfern (1904) Russian festivals and costumes for pageant and dance by L. H. Chalif (1921) Select historical costumes by H. L. Hinton (1868) Shakespearian costumes - the merry wives of Windsor (1892) Shrimpton's series of the costumes of the members of the University of Oxford (1800) Spain, costume details - women's coiffure ten illustrations from photographs in the collections of the Hispanic Society of America (1912) Supplement Latest Paris fashions, presented to the subscribers to the Queen (1877) The corset and the crinoline - a book of modes and costumes from remote periods to the present time by W. B. Lord (1868) The costume of China - illustrated by sixty engravings, with explanations in English and French by G. H. Mason (1800) The costume of China - illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings by W. Alexander (1805) The degrees, gowns and hoods of the British, Colonial, Indian and American universities and colleges by T. W. Wood (1921) The evolution of fashion by F. M. Gardiner (1897) The follies & fashions of our grandfathers by A. W. Tuer (1886) The heritage of dress - being notes on the history and evolution of clothes by W. M. Webb (1907) The Highland garb by J. G. Mackay (1878) The history of fashion in France, or, The dress of women from the Gallo-Roman period t
JOURNAL DES DEMOISELLES Circa : 1904-1905 publication Verso Blank. Over all size is 7.40 X 10.92 aprox Condition : In a wonderful condition but please do examine the print, as it's been said that beauty is an eye of beholder. Rarity : Extremely Rare and becoming hard to find. Shipping : I take huge pride in packing since it is a delicate and important part . This print will come in an acid free backing board as well as in an acid free sleeve. WaterMark : The logo of sample will not appear on your original print. Authenticity : All our prints are guaranteed to be an original. If you like us to include a copy of book cover will be happy to. Refund : within 7 days.
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