Full-Color Sourcebook of French Fashion : 15th to 19th Centuries (Dover Pictorial Archives)

Full-Color Sourcebook of French Fashion : 15th to 19th Centuries (Dover Pictorial Archives)

Editorial Reviews Book Description Five hundred years of French fashion are reproduced directly from a rare and valuable nineteenth-century publication. Artfully rendered illustrations progress chronologically from the flamboyant headgear and voluminous robes of fifteenth-century royalty to the high-waisted Empire styles of the Napoleonic era. Members of the nobility and upper classes are well represented, as are dapper pages, knights, chambermaids, milkmaids and shepherdesses. A valuable reference for costume designers and fashion historians, this beautiful volume will also serve as a grand treat for fashion enthusiasts. 76 full-color plates.

Full-Color Sourcebook of French Fashion : 15th to 19th Centuries (Dover Pictorial Archives),Pauquet Freres,Dover Publications,0486428389,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Fashion,Textiles & Costume,Antiques & Collectibles / Textiles & Costume

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