Historical European Folk Costumes

Collection of traditional folk costumes from various European regions, showcasing intricate designs and historical attire from the 16th to 19th centuries.

Mid century English costume: richly embroidered dresses & gowns with short, padded sleeves which allow the under- sleeve to be seen, plus ruffs & matching cuffs. Date: circa 1560

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German bourgeois costume, ca 1565-1595, Germany, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, burgher's woman, Lord Mayors woman and matron, 1640, costumes from England, 17th century, dig...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, woman from Schlettstadt, Brumath near Weissenburg and Oberseebach, traditional costumes from Alsace, France, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, persons from Venice, Milan and Florent, Italy, 1570-1600, digitally restored reproduction of ...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Genzano and a pifferario from the Neapolitan Apennines, Italy, 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Mid century English costume: richly embroidered dresses & gowns with short, padded sleeves which allow the under- sleeve to be seen, plus ruffs & matching cuffs. Date: circa 1560

German Townspeople, First third of the 16th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Three women in Roman masquerade costumes, draughtsman: Daniël Dupré, 1790, paper, brush, pen, h 256 mm × w 218 mm

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, traditional costumes from St. Gallen, Zug and Zurich, Switzerland, 1780-1800, digitally resto...

Man: doublet with overlapping, pointed tabs, cloak, shoes with roses, transitional collar between ruff & falling band. Woman: ruff, bodice with pointed waist, triple cuffs. Date: 1620

Girl from Ockholm, Man and Woman from Pomerania, Germany, 1590, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, garments from Switzerland, Unterwalden and Fribourg, 1780, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, French costume, 1802-1804, France, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

The German figures represented here are, from left to right: woman from Nuremberg, woman from Frankfurt, woman from Swabia.

Nuremburg Maid and Cart Driver, Last Third of the 16th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, riding costume, bourgeois woman's costume, Fraeuleintracht outside the house, woman's costume in church garb, Switzerland, beginning of the 18th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Man: breeches, d-b coat cut- away & with a velvet collar. N.B Watch seals. Women: high- waisted gowns & pelises - some trimmed with fur, fur muff, turban or straw hat. Date: 1798 - 1799

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German noblemen from the Palatinate, ca 1565-1595, Germany, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

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

Large mob cap with a blue ribbon, two examples of caraco jackets, a skirt ornamented at the hem with a rouleau (puffed out ornamentation). Date: circa 1780

Women from Upford, Dithmarschen, Eiderstadt, Denmark, First Third of the 17th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Muenchener Bilderbogen, Costumes, Mid 16th century, French court costumes, France, portrait, man, woman, elegant, robe, sword, coloured historical illustration 1890, Europe

German Folk Dress (former Grand-duchy of Baden), Renchthal, Germany, late 19th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Costumes of the people of Lima, Peru. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, traditional costume from Valais and wedding costume from Zurich, Switzerland, end of 18th cen...

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, garments from Switzerland, Aargau and St. Gallen, 1780, Historic, digitally restored reproduc...

German Folk Dress (former Grand-duchy of Baden), Guttach Valley, East Baar, late 19th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Munich picture sheet, costumes, island stamps, Netherlands, 19th century, man, woman, traditional traditional costume, portrait, historical illustration 1890

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, woman from Munich, Nuremberg and Vienna, traditional costumes from Germany, 17th century, dig...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, costume from Bavaria, Germany, Starnberg, 1850, historical, digitally restored reproduction o...

Munich Picture Gallery, Costumes, Late 15th century, German patricians, walking stick, old man, woman, robe, portrait, coloured historical illustration 1890

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, woman in mourning, France, 1650, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, ...

French Folk Dress, Brittany, late 19th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Dutch women including a housewife wearing ruffs which continued to be fashionable in the Netherlands after other European countries had ceased wearing them. Date: 1640

French Folk Dress, Brittany, late 19th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Folk Costume, Clothing, History of Costumes, German Scholar and Citizen, ca 1500-1535, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, woman from Frankfurt, from the Palatinate and from Swabia, traditional costumes from Germany, 17th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Fontange headdress, petticoats are lavishly & horizontally trimmed with lace & jewels, over-skirts anticipate the polonaise of the late C18th. N.B handscreen & face patches Date: 1700 - 1707

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, riding costume, bourgeois woman's costume, Fräuleintracht outside the house, woman's costume ...

Dressing behavior / The beginning of the sixteenth century, Ernst Fröhlich, 1843 - c. 1920 print Leaf with 4 performances of people in different sixteenth-century traditional costumes. Numbered in the middle: NRO. 107. Numbered at the top right: 107. Maker: Munich maker: Germany field publisher: Munich printer: Munich paper letterpress printing folk costume, regional costume. historical costume

People in traditional costumes, fashion, clothes, costumes in Sweden around the 19th century, illustration, Sweden, Europe

Muenchener Bilderbogen, Costumes, France, early 17th century, French noblewoman in court traditional costume, elegant, robe, sword, hat, portrait, coloured historical illustration 1890, Europe

English countrywoman carrying basket of chickens and wearing apron over plain clothes (right). On left is a lady of the Court with fur-trimmed coat over embroidered dress. Sumptuary laws dictated what each caste of society could wear. Engraving from Braun 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' 1572

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

Fashion, clothing in Germany, traditional costumes in Holstein around the 19th century, from left, woman having supper in the Wilstermark, couple in the peasant traditional costume of the Probstei in Holstein, then a milkmaid in Glueckstadt according to the new imperial fashion and the traditional costume of Itzehoe, digitally improved reproduction of an illustration from the 19th century

Fashion, at Begn of the 19th century, by lks, e peasant from Harcourt near Caen, Nordnormdie, dn e costume from Alencon of the Sarthe, Normdie, dn Mn and woman festive costumes from Pollet, digitally enhanced reproduction of e 19th century illustration, costumes, clothing in France

Women of Cologne of various classes: maidservant, matron & a middle class woman. All wear long white aprons & ruffs. Date: 1644

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German gentleman and lady, ca 1700-1735, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

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

Bride and groom in wedding costumes in Fribourg, Switzerland, 18th century. They wear Gothic style clothes, the bride in a peculiar cap with an Agnus Dei hanging from the ruff collar. Abito Nunziale de Friburghesi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1837.

The figures represented here are a German lady of rank and two female citizens. between A.D. 1450 and 1500.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, man from Mostar, woman from Thessaly, Greece, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Fashion, traditional costumes, clothing in Switzerland in the mid-19th century, from left, farmer from Olten, Canton Solothurn, bride from Guggisberg, Canton Bern, working traditional costume from Guggisberg, churchgoer from Simmental, Canton Bern and a farmer from Canton Lucerne, digitally enhanced reproduction of a 19th century illustration

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Nuremberg maid and carter, ca 1565-1595, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, girl from the Vioelaspel, farmer from the Vioelaspel, farmer's wife from the Ostenfeld, North Frisia, Germany, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, noblewoman with cavaliers, traditional costumes from Germany, 16th century, digitally restore...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, persons from the Renchtal, traditional costumes from Baden, Germany, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Frisian butter saleswoman; So Aaltje! Send the butter on the maid, in my house / ah! Du Beure Frais! Eh! Bien, Annette Portez Le à Ma Servante.two Women in Frisian Costumes, The Right Woman Sells Butter From a Box. Part of a Bound Edition of the Series of Twenty-Four Plates of Dutch Costumes at the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Maaskamp, 1829.

Clothing, fashion in Germany during the Reformation c. 1500-1530, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century pattern.

Popular traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, young Italian woman, distinguished Italian woman and woman of Siena, Italy, 1350-1395, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Dutch bourgeois costume, ca 1670-1700, Holland, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Gardes-du-Corps de Roi, tenue de socièté, 1814 Artist: Eugene Titeux

People in traditional costumes, fashion, clothes in Germany, costumes from the old Lusatia, Spreewald, about 19th century, illustration, Germany, Europe

Fashion, clothing, traditional costumes in Sweden around the 19th century, from the left, a woman from Mora at Lake Siljan, then a peddler from Leksand, then a woman from Jerrestad, then a woman from Wingaker and a Dalkulle, that is a girl from Rottvik at Lake Siljan in the province of Dalarna, she is wearing the winter traditional costume of the Dalarne costume, digitally improved reproduction of an illustration from the 19th century

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, couple from the region of western Baar, catholic Baar, traditional costumes from Baden, Germany, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Munich picture sheet, costumes, Starnberg and surroundings, Bavaria, 19th century, traditional traditional costume, walking stick, hat, long coat, conversation, two men, portrait, historical illustration 1890

Maria Ann of Bern, Court Costumes 400 - 800 CE

People in traditional costumes, fashion, clothes in Germany, costumes from Hanover around 19th century, illustration, Germany, Europe

German Couple in German Folk Dress, Wolfratshausen, Germany, Late 19th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

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

Woman: cote-hardie with long tippets, kirtle buttoned over the hands, ornamental fillet, veil & plaits coiled over the ears. Men: mantle, fur hood, houppelande, girdle & pouch. Date: 1365 - 1376

Two women from Marken; Good luck and blessing with your 'intention, bride! / Belle Fiancée! Toutes sortes the Prospérité.two Women from the Island or Marken. Part of a Bound Edition of the Series of Twenty-Four Plates of Dutch Costumes at the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Maaskamp, 1829.

Muenchener Bilderbogen, Costumes, Netherlands, early 17th century, Spanish court traditional costume, man, woman, necklace, elegant, robe, portrait, coloured historical illustration 1890

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Femme de la Frise'. 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, men, Burgundy, France, 1450, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, man from Mostar, woman from Thessaly, Greece, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, man and woman from the island of Föhr, man from Okholm, traditional costumes from Friesland, ...

Italian costumes differ from those of Northern Europe. N.B chemise drawn through apertures made in the sleeves. N.B horned headdress & fur lined houppelande. Date: circa 1400

Fashion, clothing in Italy, island of Sardinia, from 1800-1830, illustration, Italy, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Germano and people from the Roman coast, Italy, 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19...

Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, Costume from Murcia, Spain, 1850, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, man from Aschbach, woman from Weißenburg and Kochersberg, traditional costumes from Alsace, F...

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

The figures represented here are French people between 1550 and 1600. They are, from left to right: a court costumes worn by a noble lady at the time and Louisa of Lorraine the consort of Henry III. The illustration dates to 1882.

Clothes, at the time of the early Renaissance c. 1460-1490, from lks, Italian Juenglg with shield and lance, then e Ferrareser Stutzer, then e Maedchen Ferrarer-Tracht and e Florenter Patrizier c. 1490, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, fashion in Italy.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Morduan and Cheremissin (Finnish from the Volga) and Estonian, Russia, 1875, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

History of France (1600-1670). From left to right: musketeer, Philippe of Orleans, Queen consort Maria Theresa of Austria (1638-1683), King Louis XIV (1638-1715), court lady and two other musketeers in the background. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume VIII. Published in Barcelona, 1886.

Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, Costume from Leon and Segovia, Spain, 1850, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a ...

Fashion, clothing in Germany, traditional costumes from Bavaria, Upper Bavaria around the 19th century, from left, a farmer from Dachau, a girl from a middle-class family from Dachau wearing a jewelled bodice, then a woman from Aichach and a man from Starnberg, digitally enhanced reproduction of a 19th century illustration

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, woman, Germany, 1818, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Tyrolean Folk Dress, Lower Inn Valley, Late 19th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, costume of the distinguished people, France, 18th century, digitally restored reproduction of...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, clothing of fine society, Germany, 1825-1830, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th centu...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, senator and noblewoman from Venice, costume from Italy, 16th century, digitally restored repr...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, woman in traditional costume from Miesbach, Germany, 1850, Historic, digitally restored repro...

The correct kind: grace trousers Georges-Jacques Gatine. "The good kind number 42: the graces in pants, 1810".

The Figures represented here are all French people living in the 17th century, specifically between 1600 and 1670. They are, from left to right, Philipp of Orleans, Duke of Chartres, in 1660; Maria Theresa, Queen of France, in 1666; Louis XIV in 1660; and a lady of the court. The illustration dates to 1882.

Munich, Wolf & Sohn, dr. C., Braun and Fr. Schneider, K., Geldern, Moolen, Hermann van der, Germany, Knilling, Fröhlich, Ernst, Munich plates, Costumes, The beginning of the sixteenth century, verso - stamped, Sheet with 4 representations of people in various sixteenth-century costumes. Numbered center bottom: No. 107. Numbered top right: 107., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 443 mm, width 350 mm, 1810 - 1882, maker, manufacturer, 1843 - 1920, paper, papier, houtgravure, letterpress printing, German, Dutch, 1828 - 1892, seller, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, Duits, printer, drukker

London Merchant, Cavalier (1550-1600), Lady of Queen Elizabeth's Court, England, 16th century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

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