EditorialOrnaments of the Native Americans of Virginia (Powhatan) worn in a dance: belts 1,2,3, girdle of Thevetia ahouai kernels 4, bead necklaces 5,6,7, feather headdresses 8,9, apron 10 and shirt 11. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's ...
EditorialFrench womens costumes of the 15th century. Poetess Christine de Pizan writing in her room A, women in hennin headdresses B,D, and woman in tall headdress hawking on horseback C. From miniature paintings. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costume...
EditorialChina / Africa: Tile tableau depicting several Chinese merchants and noblemen who appear to have made themselves at home in an African village, c. 1700
EditorialFlower fairies of buttercup, Ranunculus acris, and pitcher plant, Nepenthes species, wearing headdresses and dresses made of flowers. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Walter Crane from A Flower Wedding, Cassell, London, 1905.
EditorialHats and bonnets of the early 16th century. Portrait of a young German woman in beret A, bust of a burgher woman in bonnet from an oil painting in the Nuremburg school B, and other hats, tricorns and headdresses of the era. Chromolithograph from Hefner...
EditorialGerman women's headdresses, 1510-1550. A tight embroidered cap with veil A, an original headdress with earholes for hair plaits B, and a conical hat (hellin) with veil introduced by Margeret of Burgundy C. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costu...
EditorialPanel, 18th century, Attributed to Algeria, Linen, silk; embroidered, 12.5 in. high 7.00 in. wide (31.75 cm high 17.78 cm wide), Textiles-Embroidered, Although Algeria had a centuries-long tradition of embroidery, it, like many other regions of the Ott...
EditorialTextile, Medium: wool, cotton Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (slit tapestry), Strip with three standing figures with a headdresses on a yellow background. The three figures are separated from each other by two bands, each by a band of ...
EditorialFigurative ivory cutlery, Ivory, Object (knife): Length: 17,40 cm, small sculptures, Sculptures, human figure, Of great artistry is this cutlery made of the exotic and precious material ivory. Inspired by the model of an antique cult pillar, the handle...
EditorialMaker: Unknown, Finial or Ornament in the Shape of Two Hunters Carrying a?Deer, A.D.?400700, Copper or copper alloy, 6 ? 6.2 ? 2 cm (2 3/8 ? 2 7/16 ? 13/16?in.), During the declining years of the Moche empire of the North Coast of Peru, metalsmiths emp...
EditorialNecklace pendants and beads, Old Babylonian, ca. 18th?17th century B.C., Mesopotamia, said to be from Dilbat, Babylonian, Gold, L. 42 in. (3.6 cm), Metalwork-Ornaments-Inscribed, These gold pendants and beads exemplify the finest craftsmanship in gold ...
EditorialBonnet, 1890, American, silk, feathers, In the nineteenth century sentiment and exhibitionism propelled women of fashion to adopt hats and bonnets with elaborate plumage. Regarded as coquettish when placed jauntily on the side of the head, headdresses ...
EditorialGerman womens costumes of the late 15th century. The woman holding a Wachsstock (wax taper candle) wears the clothes of a maiden, while the other married women wear headdresses and carry birds and a cage. From a door painting in Aachen Cathedral in the...
EditorialNative clothing of the ancient Egyptians, including religious headdresses, hats, jewelry, robes, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno ...
EditorialScene from an elegant carnival, Italy, 15th century. The women all wear red bodices and petticoats, green sleeves and white headdresses. The Turk wears a turban and gold robe. The man in front has a blue hat with plume, blue pelerine over white robe em...
EditorialRegency gentleman and two elegant ladies with feather headdresses, fans and gloves at a ball. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Eginton from Christopher Anstey's "The New Bath Guide," John Browne, 1807.
EditorialThe warpaint of the Native Americans. Souix or Pawnee men in full body paint with feather headdresses. Chromolithograph from Eugene Rimmel's Le Livre des Parfums, Paris, 1870.
EditorialOrnaments of the Native Americans of Virginia (Powhatan) worn in a dance: belts 1,2,3, girdle of Thevetia ahouai kernels 4, bead necklaces 5,6,7, feather headdresses 8,9, apron 10 and shirt 11. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's ...
EditorialWomen in feather headdresses and luxurious embroidered dresses, court of King Louis XVIII, circa 1817. Interior with blue curtains and fleur de lys carpet. Court dresses in the early Restoration, Paris. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustra...
EditorialFrench womens costumes of the 15th century. Poetess Christine de Pizan at top, and French queen and noblewomen in hennin headdresses led by the Virgin Mary and other saints below. From miniatures in Munich Library. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck...
EditorialGerman womens costumes of the late 15th century. The woman holding a Wachsstock (wax taper candle) wears the clothes of a maiden, while the other married women wear headdresses and carry birds and a cage. From a door painting in Aachen Cathedral in the...
EditorialFrench womens costumes of the 15th century. Poetess Christine de Pizan writing in her room A, women in hennin headdresses B,D, and woman in tall headdress hawking on horseback C. From miniature paintings. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costume...
EditorialExtravagent fashions of the 14th century in England. Marriage of Raymondin and Meluisine from the Origine de Lusignan with women in horned headdresses, reign of King Henry V, man in huge cap and long-sleeved robe and man in wide scarlet robe, reign of ...
EditorialKt. Zurich and Schwyz, headdresses of costumes from the canton of Zurich and Schwyz; Coat of arms of the canton of Schwyz, Fig. 27, p. 42, Ganz, Rudolf (Fotografische Aufnahmen); Polygraphisches Institut (Chromofotogravur), Rudolf Ganz, Julie Heierli: ...
EditorialShin yoshiwara sanmai tsuzuki, New Yoshiwara., Utagawa, Toyokiyo, 1799-1820, artist, [between 1811 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 38.8 x 26.5 cm., Print shows several women, with many hairpins and elaborate headdresses, walking down a corridor i...
EditorialShin yoshiwara sanmai tsuzuki, New Yoshiwara., Utagawa, Toyokiyo, 1799-1820, artist, [between 1811 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 38.8 x 26.5 cm., Print shows several women, with many hairpins and elaborate headdresses, walking down a corridor i...
EditorialHeads of historical and mythical figures in the headdresses of the era of King Henry VII. Queen of Sheba 2, King Solomon 3, Empress Helena 9, and Emperor Constantine 20, 23. Handcoloured etching drawn and etched by Thomas Fisher from his Paintings on t...