EditorialFrench infantry archer, 13th century. He wears a "salade" (iron helmet or sallet), a brigandine or armour corselet (bodice) over a jaque (shirt) with cuffs. He carries a bow and arrow, and has a quiver of arrows in his belt. From a manuscript in the Bi...
EditorialTriumph of Caesar: The Corselet Bearers, Engraving on laid paper, A triumphal procession of Roman soldiers carrying trophies. The spoils, including armor, furniture, drinking vessels, and other objects made of precious metals are loaded onto stretchers...
EditorialAn officer of pikemen in corselet holding a wide-brimmed hat and sword, 1616. From Bingham's Tactics. Handcoloured lithograph by Maddocks after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, John ...
EditorialSoldier in black corselet armour with epaulettes holding a rondell or rondache shield with slits for vision and sword thrusts, 1625. In the possession of Llewelyn Meyrick. Handcoloured lithograph by Maddocks after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from S...
EditorialGroup of soldiers, 1554. Pikeman in corselet, gorget and steelhat; archer in brigandines, quilted breastplate, steel skull-cap, bow and quiver of 24 arrows; halbardier or black-bill man in almaine rivetts and morian or sallet helmet; and arquebusier or...
EditorialWoman in evening dress holding a huge fan. The gown in silver blue lame, shoulder straps of garlands of roses. Vase of chrysanthemums. The golden flower. La fleur dor. De Worth, cette robe du soir en lame bleu argent. Le petit corselet est brode d'arge...
EditorialWoman in Czechoslovakian folk-style dress holding a dead bird next to an empty bird cage. Skirt in organdy cotton, velvet waistcoat. Loiseau mort. Robe Tcheco-Slovaque. Cette robe d'apr?s-midi est inspir?e des costumes populaires tch?co-slovaques. La j...
EditorialDress in light blue silk damask with butah motifs and cr?pe de chine, embroidered in two colors of blue silk, silver thread and with silver sequins, Dress with a soft blue silk damask with Kashmir palm motifs. Bodice with V-neck. Half, smooth damask sl...
EditorialPremier Engraver (Italian, active 1495?1497) after Andrea Mantegna (Italian, ca. 1431 - 1506). The Corselet Bearers, ca. 1495. From The Triumphs of Caesar. Engraving.
EditorialFrench infantry archer, 13th century. He wears a "salade" (iron helmet or sallet), a brigandine or armour corselet (bodice) over a jaque (shirt) with cuffs. He carries a bow and arrow, and has a quiver of arrows in his belt. From a manuscript in the Bi...
EditorialRaymond Pons, Count of Toulouse, died 950 but depicted in 13th century costume. He wears a green corselet or bodice, bizarre bonnet, huge gold sleeves and robe lined with ermine, red stockings. Taken from a manuscript of the 13th century in Toulouse li...
EditorialInfantry sergeant, 13th century. He wears a scarlet hat, white jaque (shirt), steel corselet (bodice), tunic with sleeves of violet damask, white stockings and cracows (poulaines). Dagger or misericorde in a red scabbard. Handcoloured copperplate drawn...
EditorialWilliam of Gellone, Guillaume, Count of Toulouse, died 812 or 813 but depicted in 13th century costume. He wears a corselet (bodice), a tunic, and cape lined with fur. His felt turban is tied in a bow at front and falls loose at the rear. Handcoloured ...
EditorialCostume of Madame de Chateau-Regnault, merveilleuse in Revolutionary fashion. She wears Jacobin colours and royalist symbols, a low-cut silk bodice (corselet), and a linen dress with gold stars. Her hairstyle is "a la Doisy," a chignon in a tulle helme...