Historical European Costumes

Depictions of traditional European garments from the 16th to 18th centuries, showcasing intricate designs and historical styles of clothing.

Respectable townsfolk : she carries a dangling reticule and wears several necklaces beneath her high ruff Date: circa 1580

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, bourgeois costume, Germany, 1625, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

French Gentleman and Lady, First Third of the 18th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Respectable townsfolk : she carries a dangling reticule and wears several necklaces beneath her high ruff Date: circa 1580

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, French noblemen, ca 1565-1595, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German bourgeois costume, ca 1525, Germany, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, Dutch, 1470-1485, Historical, Digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German bourgeois costume from 1510-1530, Germany, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Charles IX and Eleonora of Austria, France, 16th century, digitally restored reproduction of ...

Munich illustrated picture sheet, costumes, middle 16th century, German noblemen, portrait, Germany, man, woman, elegant, robe, sword, coloured historical illustration 1890, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, man from Dithmarschen, man from Eiderstadt, traditional costumes from Friesland, Germany, 16th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Royal Costume. Men: flat caps, fur-lined gowns, doublets, heavily embroidered sleeves, duck-bill toed shoes. Woman: ruff split at the front under the chin. Date: 16th century

Muenchener Bilderbogen, Costumes, Beginning of the 18th century, French Gentleman and Lady, France, Robe, Two Persons, Portrait, Historical Illustration 1890, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, noblemen, England, 1400-1430, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exa...

Woman: mantle, sideless surcoat, wimple & goffered veil. Men: gipon, girdle & pouch, parti-coloured hose, piked shoes, cap with up- turned brim, armour. Date: 14th century

Uniforms of French Revolutionary officials are elaborate with much gold braid & tassels. Garments include cloaks, capes & sashes. One carries a sword. Date: 1794 - 1799

Woman from Rostock, Councilman and Lady from Wismar, Man from Dithmarschen, Germany, 1590, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, merchant from Rostock and peasants from Rostock, traditional costumes from Germany, 16th cent...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Genzano and a pifferario from the Neapolitan Apennines, Italy, 1880, digitally restored repro...

Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, Nobleman with woman from Denmark, 1600-1630, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, peasant, bourgeois woman and merchant, France, 1650, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Siberian Tartar and Kalmyk, costumes from Asiatic Russia, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

German nobles: bucket-top boots & boot hose tops or shoes with roses, ruff or lace falling collars, doublet with pointed front, side fastening breeches, Brandenburg coat. Date: 1650s

Students in Padua, Peasant Woman, Italy, 1583, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, garments from Switzerland, Amtshauptmann aus Aargau, people from Aargau, 1780, digitally rest...

French Nobility in Court Dress, Last Third of 17th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, woman from Rostock, councillor and woman from Wismar, man from Dithmarsche, traditional costumes from Germany, 16th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, flag bearers, balladeers, traditional costumes from Germany, 16th century, digitally restored...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, merchant in London, cavalier, lady of Queen Elizabeth's court, England, 16th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Siberian Tartar and Kalmyk, costumes from Asiatic Russia, 1885, digitally restored reproducti...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, noblewoman with cavaliers, traditional costumes from Germany, 16th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, merchant and nobleman, England, 1350, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Francis II Elizabeth in bridal suit, Francis II as Dauphin, France, 16th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Polish costumes, 18th century. Polish courtier 5, nobleman 6, and woman of Snatietz near the border of the Ottoman Empire 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Neapolitan, Naples, Italy, 1570-1600, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Francis II Elizabeth in bridal suit, Francis II as Dauphin, France, 16th century, digitally r...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, bourgeois son, bride and bourgeois girl, Switzerland, 1676, digitally restored reproduction o...

Munich Picture Gallery, Costumes, Early 16th century, German noblemen, man, woman, elegant, robe, jewellery, two persons, portrait, coloured historical illustration 1890

Muenchener Bilderbogen, Lady of the Court of Louis XIV, robe, two persons, portrait, historical illustration 1890, costumes, beginning of 18th century, France, Europe

The figures represented here are French people around 1600. They are, from left to right: Louis XIV in 1680, lady of rank, lady of rank in simple clothes. The illustration dates to 1882.

Oriental costumes , Clothing & dress. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Oriental costumes , Clothing & dress. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, people from the mid 1400s, costumes from Italy, 15th century, digitally restored reproduction...

Two elegant nobles - he with slashed sleeves, long plumed cap, and a dagger at his crutch, she in gown with ornate under skirt Date: circa 1475

Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, Armenian girl, Druse, Inhabitants of Damascus, Historical, Digitally restored reproduction of...

German army officer with axe and voluminous breeches, and a countess of Holland and Zeeland wearing a veil. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages," Vienna, 1811. Illustration based on Thomas Jefferys Collection of Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern. After the Designs of Holbein, Van Dyke, Hollar, and others, London, 1757.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, street costume, sultana, sultan and dancer, Turkey, 18th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Asia

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, costume of Henry VII Duke of Suffolk, Henry VI Duchess of Suffolk, England, 15th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, bayadere from Chematha, Georgian woman, circassian from Khevsur, Caucasia, Caucasus, 1885, di...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German patricians, ca 1500-1535, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, noblemen, France, 1650, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Represented here are a French man of rank and a French lady of rank around A.D. 1100. The illustration dates to 1882.

Two ladies and gentlemen in 18th-century clothing. Lady with tea leaf and gentleman; Elegant couple under parasol.

Two French Cavaliers, Last Third of 17th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German patricians, ca 1500-1535, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19...

Clothing, fashion in France at the time of the Renaissance around 1500-1575, illustration, France, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, genteel Dutch, 1600-1635, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

German Couple, First Third of 16th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German knight and noblewoman, 1450, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th centur...

Clothing, at the time of the Renaissance c. 1500-1575, Spanish of the French, distinguished society, from left, two French citizens, a nobleman, a lady and the lady of honour of Queen Catherine of Meidci, digital improved reproduction after an original from 1900, fashion in France.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German patricians, ca 1500-1535, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, clothing of the townspeople, 1798-1799, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Three Louis XIII costumes

The figures represented here are French people around 1600. They are, from left to right: cuirassier, grenadier, soldier of the guards, Louis XIV in 1680, lady of rank, lady of rank en negligee, citizen, abbe, servingman. The illustration dates to 1882.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Polish noblemen in court costume, 16th century, Poland, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Munich Bilderbogen, Costumes, Late 15th century, French costumes, feather, bird, dagger, purse, curls, man, woman, elegant, robe, portrait, coloured historical illustration 1890

Popular traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, young man from Rome, senator of Rome, distinguished Venetians, Italy, 1350-1395, digitally...

Italian Folk Dress, Genzano, Piper from the Neapolitan, late 19th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Fashion, clothing in France at the time of Louis XIV, from left, ladies in the costume around 1680, 1700, illustration, France, Europe

Lord Darnley, Margarette of Dorsette, and Mary Queen of Scotland, 16th Century, Court Costumes 400 - 800 CE

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Nuremberg maid and carter, ca 1565-1595, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction o...

German Couple, First Third of 16th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Young Man, Roman Senator, Venetian Nobleman, Italy, Second Half of the 14th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Costumes of the reign of Charles I, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, French noblemen, 1400-1450, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, William Villiers Viscount of Grandison, royalist soldier, nobleman, costumes from England, 17th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Classesmen of 14th century France, nobleman with fur skirt and flying sleeves, royal merchant in long bonnet with felt hat and beaked shoes, Historica...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German noblemen, ca 1565-1700, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Costumes of republican magistrates Pierre Etienne Lesueur. "Costumes of Republican Magistrates".

Folk costumes, Östra Härad, Jämjö parish, Blekinge. Image pressure. Nordic

Muenchener Bilderbogen, costumes, 15th century, German patricians, man, woman, wealth, Germany, robes, elegant, portrait, historical illustration 1890, Europe

The figures represented here are French people around 1600. They are, from left to right: cuirassier, grenadier, soldier of the guards, Louis XIV in 1680, lady of rank, lady of rank en negligee, citizen, abbe, servingman. The illustration dates to 1882.

Fashion, historical clothing in Poland, Hungary and Ukraine in the 16th, 17th centuries, illustration, Poland, Europe

Knight of the Order of Serafins, Sweden, and Reykjavik's Lady in festive costume, Iceland, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 724, Volume XXIX, January 10, 1857.

Top hat, white cravat, waistcoat & strapped pantaloons, black single- breasted coat cut-away at the front, heavy black cloak with multiple capes. Date: late 1820s

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Carolingian from the period 700-800, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Costumes de Différent Pays, 'Homme et Femme de Genea'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German court costume, 1450-1500, Germany, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19...

German costumes, gentleman and lady around 1785, two-piece hat a l Androsmane, history of fashion, traditional costume history, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, festive costume from Schaffhausen, winter costume from Schaffhausen, traditional costume from Appenzell, Switzerland, 1780-1800, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Popular Costume, Clothing, History of Costumes, Louis XV and French General, 1700-1730, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th ...

Sheriff of London and Caviliers under Charles II, 17th Century, Court Costumes 400 - 800 CE

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, costume from Holland, ca 1850, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German patricians, 14th century, Germany, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Muenchener Bilderbogen, Costumes, Mid-16th century, Spanish noblemen, Spain, portrait, man, woman, elegant, robe, jewellery, sword, coloured historical illustration 1890, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, funeral in Padua, Italy, 1570-1600, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Men: shallow caps with upturned brims, jackets with pleats & doublets. Women: gown with fur borders, 'V'-neck with revers, kirtle, hood-like headdress, hood with liripipe. Date: 1460 - 1480

Peasant Famers from St. Gallen, Zug and Zurich, Switzerland, Late Eighteenth Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Spanish noblemen, ca 1565-1700, Spain, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th ...

Noblewomen: fur-lined mantle with heraldic embroidery & a garment that resembles a kirtle, being front fastening but with funnel sleeves. N.B knightly- girdle. Date: 14th century

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, knight and noblewoman, 1570, Germany, Europe

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