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Full-Color Sourcebook of French Fashion: 15th to 19th Centuries (eBook)

Full-Color Sourcebook of French Fashion: 15th to 19th Centuries (eBook)

By: Pauquet Frères

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These superb color plates by Hippolyte Pauquet and his brother Polydore, reproduced directly from a rare and valuable nineteenth-century publication, magnificently depict 500 years of French fashion.
Starting with the flamboyant headgear and voluminous robes of fifteenth-century royalty, the artfully rendered illustrations progress chronologically to the high-waisted Empire styles of the Napoleonic era. Members of the nobility and upper classes are well represented here. Portraits of lavishly garbed court ladies and gentlemen — many in fur-trimmed robes — appear next to dapper pages and handsome knights. Bourgeois fashions (including lace-trimmed garments for both sexes) are presented as well, along with the more modest attire of chambermaids, milkmaids, and shepherdesses. Images of such historic figures as King Henri VI, Madame de Pompadour, Madame du Barry, and Marie Antoinette complete a splendid collection.
A valuable reference for costume designers and fashion historians, this beautifully reproduced volume will also serve as a grand treat for fashion enthusiasts.

Dover Original selection of plates from Modes et Costumes Historiques published by René Pincebourde, Paris [n.d.].
AvailabilityInstant
ISBN 100486139026
ISBN 139780486139029
Author/EditorPauquet Frères
FormateBook
Page Count80
Dimensions8 1/2 x 11

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