Les mouches sont des points noirs en taffetas gommé ou en velours que les femmes s'appliquaient sur le visage, pour rehausser la blancheur de leur teint et donner du piquant à leur physionomie. Chez les Perses et chez les Arabes, les taches noires...
CARNAVAL DE VENISE Design par Jean-Louis Cecilia (France). Les dimensions sont disponibles sur demande. Cette oeuvre fait partie de la galerie costumes XVIIIème siècle.
La saison 2 d’Outlander est déjà finie depuis longtemps à l’heure qu’il est, et maintenant il faut s’armer de courage pour patienter jusqu’au printemps prochain. Pour …
Chemise à jabot baroque: Pour un déguisement simple et original. Acheter en ligne.
I've been dying to make some mitts for a while. They seem like such a practical thing to have--wool or leather for the winter and linen for...
CARNAVAL DE VENISE Design par Jean-Louis Cecilia (France). Les dimensions sont disponibles sur demande. Cette oeuvre fait partie de la galerie costumes XVIIIème siècle.
Last week I showed you the pictures, today we are looking under the skirt: I am going to explain how I created my dress: is it historical? Who am I supposed to be? If you dare to read until the end, you will be able to impress even the most blasé of your friends with...
Jacket, 1780-95 From Historic Deerfield Museum
Domaine de Villarceaux (Val d'Oise) - Le château dit "du Haut" (XVIIIe) - Exposition Ollivier Henry - "Madame A...". Inspiré d'un habit de chasse milieu Louis XV. Taffetas brodé en couleurs et argent
What are your numbers? Just in case you’re curious: these are my measurements. This set of measurements is 100% natural, sans support garments. Any corsets, bras, or girdles I don will alter …
Une armoire s'ouvre et c'est toute la beauté de la Provence au travers de ses costumes que l'on découvre. Jérémy nous fait partager son amour pour les costumes Provençaux, de 1770 à 1870. Cela peut…
If you haven't seen this site before, you should check it out now! Such a beautiful collection of historical costumes! http://www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/francais/mode-et-textile/collections-72/frise-chronologique/1715-1740/
I am a little late to the party on this one, but this is a subject that is always exciting and generates much ink in the art world. I like to call them auction accidents...when items are mis-catalogued and achieve stunning results to surprised onlookers. May I present the Chippendale "style" mahogany dining chairs that were offered by Pook & Pook of Downington, PA in June of 2009. Image via Pook & Pook They came from the collection of El Roy and Helene Master which was known in Americana circles as a multi-generational collection spanning the last 100 years. For more about the collection see the review in the Maine Antiques Digest. The chairs were believed to be copies of 18th century Boston chairs after the designs of Robert Manwaring and were offered at a mere $1500-2500. Parlour Chair: Plate 9 of The Cabinet and Chair-Maker's Real Friend and Companion, 1765, by Robert Manwaring via Metmuseum.org The chair design on the left is clearly the inspiration for these chic chairs. While they are Rococo holdovers I love the little flicker of gothic seen in the ogee at the bottom of the splat. Detail of a Master collection chair Detail of Manwaring design via Metmuseum.org It turns out that the chairs were indeed period and nearly identical to a rare 18th century pair of Boston chairs that were given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1939. Image via Metmuseum.org Image via Metmuseum.org Luckily the sale at Pook & Pook was well advertised and well attended. The mis-catalogued chairs made an astounding $163,800 even in the down economy and at a small regional venue....that is no small feat and speaks volumes about their rarity and quality. Until next time. --AR
Il est temps de reprendre ce tuto :) Voici la méthode pour réaliser les plis sur cette robe : Le dos est composé de plis coté partant du devant et allant vers le centre dos , d’un pli creux p…
It's been a long while since I posted anything but there's something that I've been working on for a month or so. The beginning of this p...
