Elegance Collection (#6)

Costume of Avranches
5855741 Costume of Avranches; (add.info.: Costume of Avranches. She wears a bonnet with a larger top than we have seen previously)

Milkmaid of Cherbourg
5855739 Milkmaid of Cherbourg; (add.info.: Milkmaid of Cherbourg. In Normandy, the women usually carry goods on their shoulders, not on their heads or in their arms)

Costume of Carentan
5855736 Costume of Carentan; (add.info.: Costume of a servant of Carentan. The only remarkable thing about her clothes is the square ends of the papillon (butterfly) wings of her bonnet

Woman of Coutances
5855735 Woman of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman of Coutances, in casual home or night dress. The headdress is similar to the serre-tete worn in Paris, but with a different top)

Costume of Saint-Lo
5855731 Costume of Saint-Lo.; (add.info.: Costume of Saint-Lo. The hat is called a "bonnet rond." The background shows a view of one of the terraces next to the Champ-de-Mars)

Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe
5855726 Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe.; (add.info.: Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe. While the bonnet is not so special, the shoes are very elegant)

Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe
5855725 Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe; (add.info.: Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe. The folds in the bonnet are accidental, it is too large for her head)

Costume of the area of Dieppe
5855723 Costume of the area of Dieppe.; (add.info.: Costume of the area of Dieppe. Side view of a bonnet with its papillon (butterfly) wings folded toward the front, giving it a very different air

Costume of the area of Dieppe
5855722 Costume of the area of Dieppe; (add.info.: Costume of the area of Dieppe. The wings of the papillon (butterfly) on this bonnet are folded toward the front

Young woman of St. Aubin
5855720 Young woman of St. Aubin; (add.info.: Young woman of St. Aubin, a servant at Dieppe. Common women often wear a simple bonnet all day)

Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea
5855711 Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea.; (add.info.: Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea. Again the falling tails from the bonnet and the false sleeves in a contrasting colour)

Young woman of Bayeux
5855707 Young woman of Bayeux; (add.info.: Young woman of Bayeux. A novel method of making a tie to fix the bonnet. The background show the entrance to the promenade in Bayeux)

Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen
5855705 Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen; (add.info.: Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen. Here is the mitre in profile. The women of Normandy are very fond of coarse red and blue colours)

Costume of the area of Caen
5855703 Costume of the area of Caen; (add.info.: Woman in costume of the area of Caen. In the background are sailing ships docked at the quay)

Costume of Bolbec
5855696 Costume of Bolbec; (add.info.: Woman in costume of Bolbec, reading a book while resting against a chair. This bavolet bonnet is the most beautiful we have seen)

Costume of Rolleville, drawn at le Havre
5855693 Costume of Rolleville, drawn at le Havre; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Rolleville, drawn at le Havre. She wears an elaborate tall bavolet hat of folded lace)

Young person of le Havre
5855691 Young person of le Havre.; (add.info.: Young woman of the port of le Havre. She wears a bonnet that rises to a point, decorated with lace only to the ears. A silk ribbon is wrapped around it)

Costume of the Dieppe area
5855687 Costume of the Dieppe area; (add.info.: Woman in costume of the Dieppe area. Rear view of the tall bavolet bonnet with two long lace tails reaching to the shoulder)

Costume of the Coutances area
5855685 Costume of the Coutances area; (add.info.: A young woman from the Coutances area who could not help but sacrifice most of her hair)

Costume of Coutances
5855683 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Coutances. Here is a really large bavolet bonnet, with the most luxurious decoration)

Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen
5855679 Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen.; (add.info.: Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen. It's not the tall bavolet bonnet that is remarkable here so much as the hair chignon held up in)

Dancers - Japan 1880-1910
CSO4981246 Dancers - Japan 1880-1910 -; (add.info.: Dancers - Japan 1880-1910 -); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024

Fashion enfantine francaise, 1933. One of "Le petit echo de la mode", 26 February 1933
LET4395171 Fashion enfantine francaise, 1933. One of "Le petit echo de la mode", 26 February 1933. by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: Fashion enfantine francaise, 1933)

Fashion feminine francaise, 1932. In "Le petit echo de la mode", 1932
LET4394909 Fashion feminine francaise, 1932. In "Le petit echo de la mode", 1932. by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: Fashion feminine francaise, 1932)

Fashion enfantine francaise, 1933. In "Le petit echo de la mode", 1933
LET4394812 Fashion enfantine francaise, 1933. In "Le petit echo de la mode", 1933. by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: Fashion enfantine francaise, 1933)

French woman fashion, 1932 (drawing)
LET4394799 French woman fashion, 1932 (drawing) by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: In "Le petit echo de la mode", 1932.); Photo © Archives Toutain

French feminine fashion, 1932: hats. 1932
LET4394742 French feminine fashion, 1932: hats. 1932. by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: French feminine fashion, 1932: hats. 1932.); Photo © Archives Toutain

Fashion feminine francaise, 1932: lace clothing. In "Le petit echo de la mode", 1932
LET4394710 Fashion feminine francaise, 1932: lace clothing. In "Le petit echo de la mode", 1932. by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: Fashion feminine francaise)

Fashion feminine francaise, 1932. In "Le petit echo de la mode", 1932
LET4395089 Fashion feminine francaise, 1932. In "Le petit echo de la mode", 1932. by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: Fashion feminine francaise, 1932)

Fashion feminine francaise, 1933. In "Le petit echo de la mode", 1933
LET4395198 Fashion feminine francaise, 1933. In "Le petit echo de la mode", 1933. by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: Fashion feminine francaise, 1933)

Ballet, 1944 (oil on canvas)
1767564 Ballet, 1944 (oil on canvas) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 53.3x78.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Ballet. Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1944

Herbert Duncan Furs: Natural Silver Blue Mink, Natural White Mink (b/w photo)
8637206 Herbert Duncan Furs: Natural Silver Blue Mink, Natural White Mink (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Natural Silver Blue Mink)

Herbert Duncan Furs: Natural Aleutian Mink (b/w photo)
8637205 Herbert Duncan Furs: Natural Aleutian Mink (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Natural Aleutian Mink)

Belle epoque: portrait of young elegante a large hat, 1905 - Photography
JAB5037339 Belle epoque: portrait of young elegante a large hat, 1905 - Photography; (add.info.: Belle epoque: portrait of young elegante a large hat, 1905 - Photography); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

The Butler. 19th century Chromo
JAB5037191 The Butler. 19th century Chromo; (add.info.: The Butler, Chromo of the 19th century); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Belgium, Ostend: Elegantes around and in the Ostend racecourse, 1900
LUX4811695 Belgium, Ostend: Elegantes around and in the Ostend racecourse, 1900; (add.info.: Belgium, Ostend: Elegantes around and in the Ostend racecourse, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Party in the City Hall of Paris, 1893 (engraving)
ELD4835542 Party in the City Hall of Paris, 1893 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: View of a party in the hall of the city hall of Paris - Engraving in "Promenades a Paris" by)

Un couple creole flanant a la Nouvelle Orleans (USA), circa 1880 - Engraving colorisee 19th century - Creole couple
NWI4965739 Un couple creole flanant a la Nouvelle Orleans (USA), circa 1880 - Engraving colorisee 19th century - Creole couple strolling in New Orleans

Crowd bustling to get on the train during a rush hour in the rain on the quay of a station in New York City, 1890
NWI4963111 Crowd bustling to get on the train during a rush hour in the rain on the quay of a station in New York City, 1890

Kyoto Girls - Kioto's girls - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979925 Kyoto Girls - Kioto's girls - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Kyoto Girls - Kioto's girls - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF

Girl looking at each other in two mirrors - Girl looking at two mirrors - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979745 Girl looking at each other in two mirrors - Girl looking at two mirrors - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info)

Young girl in summer costume - Musume summer costume - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979731 Young girl in summer costume - Musume summer costume - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Young girl in summer costume - Musume summer costume - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand)

Young girl in an interior (with pipe, theiere, mug and mirror) - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979730 Young girl in an interior (with pipe, theiere, mug and mirror) - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Young girl in an interior (with pipe, theiere)

Girl with a fan - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979714 Girl with a fan - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Girl with a fan - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024

Girl in front of a painted decor of Mount Fuji - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979698 Girl in front of a painted decor of Mount Fuji - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Girl in front of a painted decor of Mount Fuji - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand)

Young girl - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979674 Young girl - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Young girl - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024

Geisha and his Maikos - Japan 1880-1910
CSO4980865 Geisha and his Maikos - Japan 1880-1910 -; (add.info.: Geisha and his Maikos - Japan 1880-1910 -); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024

Lady of Honour to Marie Antoinette, 1777. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Moreau the younger
FLO4974721 Lady of Honour to Marie Antoinette, 1777. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Moreau the younger from the Pauquet Brothers " Modes et Costumes Historique"

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