Bodices; Bows (Ribbon work); Brocade; Clothing and dress; Coats; Cuffs (Clothing); Dresses; Foundation garments; Lace and lace making; Hosiery; Men's clothing; Sleeves; Wigs; Women's clothing; Women's shoes; Feathers; Ribbons
A man wears a long white wig, and a red frock coat trimmed in gold brocade and embroidery. The coat has deep, turned-back cuffs. His stockings are white, and his shoes are black and have small heels. Under his left arm he carries a black tricorn...
A woman and man stand in a grove. Drawn during the height of the Napoleonic Empire, this illustration shows the woman and man in empire style. The woman's empire-waist 'half dress' is white with short puffed sleeves, and has green zigzag trimming...
Clothing and dress; Color in clothing; Women's clothing; Lace and lace making; Brocade; Earrings; Necklaces; Fans; Bows (Ribbon work); Bodices; Sleeves
A woman in dress of the period of Louis XIV wears a bodice of dark burgundy velvet with jewels trimming the front. Her skirt is burgundy with a train, open at the front and gathered back at the hips with pink bows. The undersleeves show at the open...
Women's clothing; Veils; Necklaces; Cuffs (Clothing); Color in clothing; Clothing and dress; Feathers; Pearls; Rubies; Fans; Ruff
A woman in the clothing of a Venetian noblewoman wears a sea-foam green brocade gown. Her sleeves are long and fitted with white, ruffled cuffs. Below each shoulder, at the upper sleeve, is a gathered band of gold adorned with pearls. The bodice is...
Clothing and dress; Sleeves; Color in clothing; Women's clothing; Veils; Fans; Necklaces; Stairs; Earrings
A woman in the costume of a noble woman of Venice wears a silver grey dress with a deep purple bodice. Her sleeves are long and gathered to form tiers. Gold ribbon trims the slashed sections of the sleeves. She wears a red gem or bead necklace. Her...
Clothing and dress; Women's clothing; Fur garments; Headgear; Necklaces; Color in clothing; Tables; Books; Women's shoes
A woman in the costume of Eude Inv. des Ursins. She wears a magenta sideless surcoat dress with fur edging. Her underdress is ornately patterned and gold with fur cuffs, and her petticoat is black, with one black pointed shoe showing. A small...
Clothing and dress; Women's clothing; Women's hats; Veils; Color in clothing; Fur garments; Mary, Duchess of Burgundy, 1457-1482
A woman in the costume of Marie de Bourgogne. She wears a lilac patterned sideless surcoat dress with a fur bodice which extends to border the edges of the surcoat side openings. The fabric pattern suggests brocade. Attached to the fur are pearls...
Clothing and dress; Women's clothing; Women's hats; Veils; Necklaces; Color in clothing; Women's shoes; Cuffs (Clothing)
A woman, dressed in "Paris fashion" from the reign of Charles VII, wears a black hennin with an attached veil that reaches to the ground. Underneath the hennin, another small veil covers her forehead and the back of her neck. She wears an elaborate...
Headgear; Color in clothing; Clothing and dress; Women's clothing; Women's shoes; Women's hats; Belts (Clothing)
A woman, in Prussian festival attire, wears a long gown with wide brown bell sleeves. The cuffs are beige with swirl designs. The bodice of the dress is black and closes down the center with a narrow, white lace ruffle. The collar is white and...
Clothing and dress; Women's clothing; Women's hats; Veils; Color in clothing; Castles; Round towers; Trees
A woman, in the costume of a "woman of quality" during the reign of Charles VII, wears a long sleeved, v-neck dress. The dress is magenta with an emerald green collar, cuffs, and hem. Her overdress is raised, probably in her left hand, showing the...
Brocade; Clothing and dress; Color in clothing; Cuffs (Clothing); Fur garments; Headgear; Necklaces; Tables; Veils; Women's clothing; Pearls; Gloves; Rubies; Emeralds; Earrings; Elisabeth, of Austria, Queen, consort of Charles IX, King of France,...
A woman, in the costume of Elisabeth of Austria, wife of King Charles the 9th, wears a white and gold dress. The fabric is patterned to suggest a brocade patterned with flowers, leaves, and grapes. She has a white partlet in a diamond pattern,...
Clothing and dress; Color in clothing; Women's clothing; Gloves; Necklaces; Earrings; Headgear; Sashes (Clothing); Boys' clothing; Tunics; Sleeves; Castles; Hosiery;
A young woman and a child wear the clothing of Venice during the 16th century. The woman wears a pale yellow, long-sleeved dress with slashing at the elbows, and white gloves. A white chemise with a straight neckline shows in the front of the low...
Pearls; Gloves; Lace and lace making; Women's shoes; Women's clothing; Necklaces; Headgear; Color in clothing; Clothing and dress; Stripes; Earrings; Sleeves; Arches; Gargoyles; Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1615; Ruff
Marguerite of France, the first wife of Henri the IV, wears a charcoal colored dress with a large skirt, with a wheel farthingale. The underdress is purple with nine, bright yellow stripes at the hem. She wears white gloves and her cuffs are white...
The woman on the left wears a white ankle-length dress. Over the dress, she wears a blue, long-sleeved coat that reaches the knee and fastens under the bust. The coat has four bands of white lace at the collar, cuffs that bell out over the hands,...
Three figures are strolling in a park, in 1820; the height of the "Règne de Louis XVIII" as the plate announces. The final exile of Napoleon Bonaparte resulted in the restoration of Louis XVIII to the throne, bringing back the monarchy of the...
