EditorialSketches for a Bonnet and Accessories, ca. 1785?90, Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache, Sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 11/16 in. (17.1 x 24.6 cm), Anonymous, French, 18th century, Possibly connected to Antoine Caire-Morand (French, Brian?on 1747?1825 Turin), Anony...
EditorialA Costume Design Sketch for a Hat and Three Sketches of Children's Toys, ca. 1785?90, Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache, Sheet: 6 11/16 x 9 15/16 in. (17 x 25.3 cm), Anonymous, French, 18th century, Possibly connected to Antoine Caire-Morand (French...
EditorialThree Costume Sketches of a Bonnet, a Cloak, and a Hat, ca. 1785?90, Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache, Sheet: 6 11/16 x 9 15/16 in. (17 x 25.3 cm), Anonymous, French, 18th century, Possibly connected to Antoine Caire-Morand (French, Brian?on 1747?1...
EditorialCostume Design Sketches including a Bouffant Skirt, Hat, and Bodice, ca. 1785?90, Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache, Sheet: 6 11/16 x 9 15/16 in. (17 x 25.3 cm), Anonymous, French, 18th century, Possibly connected to Antoine Caire-Morand (French, Br...
Editorial[Elderly Woman Wearing Glasses and a Soft Bonnet], 1850s, Daguerreotype, Image: 6.9 x 5.5 cm (2 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.), Photographs, Unknown (American).
Editorial[Stereograph of Woman in Apron and Bonnet Grinding Coffee in Kitchen Setting], 1850s, Daguerreotype, Image: 6.5 x 5.5 cm (2 9/16 x 2 3/16 in.), each, Photographs, Unknown (French).
EditorialNorman crowns 188-197, Norman woman's bonnet 198, Norman hats 199-201, helmet with nose protector 202, Norman flat helm 203, and Norman cylindrical helm 204. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costume...
EditorialBonnet a l'Iphigenie, a pouf in white gauze with flowers inspired by the 1779 opera by Gluck, and chapeau a la Colette, straw hat decorated with ribbons. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte d...
EditorialFashionable hats of 1788. Demi-bonnet in violet gauze with white frills, hat in pink taffeta with ribbons, gauze and feathers, and a pouf in Italian gauze with ribbons and plumes. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette an...
EditorialWoman in bonnet-hat in red, green and white, with yellow plumes and artificial roses, and woman in hat of gauze and taffeta surmounted by feathers. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reis...
EditorialWoman in redingote in black wool with two collars, bonnet a la grande pretesse with artificial roses, and woman in striped taffeta robe, fichu, large yellow gauze chapeau tied with violet ribbon. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Mar...
EditorialWoman in large striped bonnet-hat over a gauze night cap, and woman in black felt hat with feather trim, ribbons and plumes. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The jo...
EditorialBonnet a la Randan, green taffeta band with gold insignia and white feathers and gauze, and bonnet a la Bayard, a pouf a la chinoise with gauze and feathers. Both inspired by the actress Mlle. Louise Contat in the play Les Amours de Bayard, September 1...
EditorialCostumes of a crossbowman A, woman with lyre B, and prostitute C, 1510-1550. Archer in helmet, doublet, trousers and spurs, from an original drawing. Woman in bonnet, cape, long dress, from a figure in a carpet. Swiss prostitute in colourful, quilted a...
EditorialOld woman trying on a pink bonnet in front of three young shopgirls, "Women appear to have sworn to lie about youth up to their last breath." Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.
EditorialWoman asleep on a cot, with hat boxes for a somno or night table, and a chipped vase for a candlestick. Her clothes are expensive: a cornette night cap, fancy bonnet, frilly dress and lace shawl for curtains. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Me...
EditorialThe roller coaster at Belleville with its five cars riding a distance of 600 feet in 9 or 10 seconds. A fashionable woman in plumed bonnet, shawl and parasol watches from the terrace. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, P...
EditorialA Parisian woman dressing. A merchant displays an elegantly frilled dress, while shopgirls fix her bonnet and bring fabric. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.
EditorialMiss Pastel followed by her mother. A young beauty art student carries brushes, palette and canvas, while her mother in bonnet, shawl and gloves carries a heavy easel and stool. "Here is one danger for middle-class parents: Instead of giving her daught...
EditorialMerveilleuses and incroyables, dandies and fashionable women, Paris, Directory era. Women in jockey cap and bonnet with ribbons, dress, stole and embroidered stockings. Man in cocked hat, high cravat, short gilet, redingote and boots, holding a stick. ...
EditorialFrench woman wearing the fashion of July 1792. She wears a bonnet with ribbons and bows, wig, fichu (neckerchief), fitted bodice dress with ribbon hem. Bonnets decorated with flowers, feathers, bows and ribbons. Handcoloured etching by Auguste Etienne ...
EditorialFashions of 1792. An elegant Parisian man in the latest style and a young German woman in cape and bonnet. Two antique vases. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century," Frankfur...
EditorialWomen in the fashions of the mid-18th century. A woman in the French mode of the period, with high bonnet and full skirts, and a female cook with apron and ham. In the middle, a red leather shoe with silver buckles, and an undershoe below. Chromolithog...
EditorialThree Norman men of the 12th century; one in a surtout and carrying a talar (a robe in fashion at the end of the 12th century), one wearing a talar over his surtout, and one in a conical bonnet.