Historical Fashion Illustrations

Vintage engravings depicting traditional clothing styles from various eras, featuring men and women in detailed historical attire.

Mulier Generosa Anglica / English Gentle woman, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1642 English woman, in profile to the right, on the head a dark hood that is tied under the chin. Large shawl trimmed with lace on a dark overlay whose skirt is stopped with the right hand. Below a light underskirt. In the left hand a big sleeve of fur. Shoes with heels. paper etching head-gear: cap (+ women's clothes). neck-gear: collar (+ women's clothes). muff England

Fashionable Dresses, 1794 English almanac print from 1794: standing woman in front of a tree, dressed in a fashionable dress with a sash around the waist. On the head a hat with veil. On the right a woman comes with a girl, seen on the back, both dressed in a fashionable dress with sleep. On the head a hat with ribbon. The print is probably part of an English Almanak, 1794. paper engraving fashion plates. calendar, almanac. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). dress, gown (+ girls' clothes). head-gear (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (+ women's clothes)

Escossois; Collection of the diversity of clothes ..

Viri et Mulieris apud Florentinos Habitus, from Fashions of Different Nations n.d. Pieter de Jode I Netherlandish. Viri et Mulieris apud Florentinos Habitus, from Fashions of Different Nations 388664

Habillemens de Leipsic ca. 1785-1786: two women with fan and walking stick, c. 1785 - c. 1786 Two standing women dressed in a Robe à la polonaise with skirt (left) and a dress with a sash with fringes (right) around the medicine. Hairstyles decorate with feathers. Accessories: fan, walking stick, chatelaine, shoes with heels. The print is part of the Almanak Habillemens de Leipzig, ca. 1785-1786. paper etching dress, gown: robe à la polonaise. trousers, breeches (+ women's clothes). head-gear: cap (+ women's clothes). calendar, almanac. fashion plates. coat (+ women's clothes). walking-stick, staff, cane (+ women's clothes).

Couple on a platform dressed according to the 1680-'90 fashion; Elegant ladies and gentlemen in contemporary clothing. An elegantly dressed couple on a platform. The woman has a music book in hand. The man wears a half-length overcoat over a shorter jacket and a hat with feathers. (Copy to "Homme de Qualité sur Le Théatre de l'Opéra" (1687) from Dieu de Saint-Jean)

Italy, 18th century. Jan van Grevenbroeck or Giovanni Grevembroch (1731-1807), Gli Abiti de Veneziani, illustrated book of costumes. English ambassador. Watercolor.

Roman courtesan of the era of Pope Pius V. She wears a long silk robe and a short simarre in black serge tied at the waist with white toile. Within a decorative frame engraved by H. Catenacci and Fellmann. Woodblock engraving by Gerard Seguin and E.F. Huyot after a woodcut by Christoph Krieger from Cesare Vecellios 16th century Costumes anciens et modernes, Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo, Firman Didot Ferris Fils, Paris, 1859-1860.

Woman with long cape with hood, lined with fur, her right hole inside inside. Print from a series of twelve prints with studies of human figures.

Strasbourg Woman in Wedding Dress Made 1644-1650 Bohemia. Etching on gray Asian paper . Wenceslaus Hollar

Woman in hairstyle with large curls under a straw hat. Coeffure a grosse Boucles avec un Chapeau de paille. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from an Album of Fashionable Hairstyles of 1783, Suite des Coeffures a la Mode en 1783, Esnauts et Rapilly, Paris, 1783.

Vrouw Uit Granada, in Wijde Cape; Grenade woman; Ancient habits, modern et all over the world .... Young Woman from Granada, Dressed in at Wide Cape To The Calf. Hat With Medallion on Half Long Hair. In Ornament Edge.

Standing woman with long hair in a dress with cape, 1824 Page 59 Recto from a sketchbook with 94 sheets. paper. ink brush dress, gown (+ women's clothes)

Fashion, Italy, 18th century. Women's fashion plate from the fashion periodical ""La donna galante ed erudita. Giornale dedicato al Bel Sesso"" (The gallant and learned woman: journal dedicated to the fair sex), Venice, 1787.

Lady with skirt, cloak and giver, French statue of a foolish virgin in Corbeil, 13th century, Fashion History, Costume History, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century original

Muler ex virginia; Traditional costumes from different countries. Woman from Virginia, America. Reproduced from Thoedor de Bry, to Drawing by John White in Thomas Harriot's A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virgina, Frankfurt, 1590.

French Edelman, dressed according to the fashion of ca. 1630, Abraham Bosse, After Jean de Saint-Ibes, 1629 Edelman, standing on a landing, dressed in a short shoulder mantle with bontrand over a wambuis and a knee pants with bows. On the head a flat hat with a wide edge, without plumes, including his long hair falls to the shoulders. Shoes with bows at his feet. A glove in his left hand. The left side. Paris paper etching / engraving handkerchief. clothes, costume (+ men's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (DOUBLET) (+ men's clothes). neck-gear: collar (+ men's clothes). head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes). stockings, socks (+ men's clothes). trousers, breeches, etc. (BREECHES) (+ men's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ men's clothes). gloves, mittens, etc. (+ men's clothes). Europeans (with NAME). styles of hairdress. hacking and thrusting weapons (FOIL). shoulder-belt, bandoleer (+ men's clothes)

Male and woman in English fashion from around 1610-1620, 1617 print print maker: Low Countriespublisher: Amsterdam paper etching clothes, costume. Europeans: Englishmen (+ costume) England

The precious ridiculous., 1749 - 1817 Scene from the theater piece "Les Précieziees Ridicules" by Molière. Sitting man flanked by two sitting women in an interior. The women were dressed in 18th century dresses with EngageEntes, Devant-de-Gorge (breastpiece) and skirt trimmed with a recommended strip. The woman on the right still wears a small shoulder mantle with hood. The man is dressed in a late 17th century costume, consisting of a Justaucorps, Jabot, Strik, Kamizool, Shirt, wide knee pants and stockings. Accessories: hat with feathers, shoes with heels and bows. paper engraving fashion plates. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). head-gear: cap (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (MANTELET) (+ women's clothes). fan (+ women's clothes). coat (JUSTAUCORPS) (+ men's clothes). head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes). wig. clothing for the upper part of the body (VEST) (+ men's clothes). trousers, breeches, etc. (BREECHES) (+ men's clothes). piece of clothing covering t

Companionship in stylish clothes in interior, 1778. A man will be given the door in a company. Three men wear a frak, cardigan and knee pants. Accessories: triangular stitch, (ornamental) sweetheart, shoes with buckles. Two women wear a dress with 'manches and sabot' and (underneath) skirt decorated with a steamed strip of fabric. A boy wears a sailor suit. Ill from: Mercier, Louis-Sébastien. The false friend. Amsterdam: Albert van der Kroeth, 1778.

The mosquonide; Collection of diversity of clothes ......

Male and woman in Polish fashion from around 1610-1620, 1617 print print maker: Low Countriespublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing clothes, costume. Europeans (POLISH) (+ costume). Europeans (POLISH) (+ men). Europeans (POLISH) (+ women) Poland

Ladies' Fashion: Hairdressing and Hats, Johann August Rossmassler, German, 1752 - 1783, Engraving on paper, Illustration of groups of four heads showing hairdressing and hats worn by French, German, and English ladies., Germany, ca. 1770-1780, Print, Print

Man of the island of Santorini or Thira during the Ottoman Empire, Greek island in the Aegean Sea. In turban, jacket, striped shirt and pantalons, slippers, with dagger at waist. Habitant de l'isle de Santorin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.

Company in fashionable clothes in interior, 1778, 1778 print A man is shown the door in a company. Three men wear a front, vest and knee pants. Accessories: Three stitch, (ornamental) Degen, shoes with buckles. Two women wear a dress with 'heats and sabot' and (bottom) skirt decorated with a recommended strip of fabric. A boy wears a sailor suit. Ill from: Mercier, Louis-Sébastien. The false friend. Amsterdam: Albert van der Kroe, 1778. paper engraving fashion plates. interior of the house. index finger forwards, pointing, indicating. styles of hairdress - AA - ~ women. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (+ women's clothes). head-gear: tricorn (+ men's clothes). clothes, costume (+ men's clothes). clothes, costume (+ women's clothes).

Mourning costume of a Friezin, Bernard Picart, 1733 print Mourning clothes worn by Frisian women. Long cloak or hood that completely covers the body. Netherlands paper etching / engraving mourning dress. clothes, costume (+ women's clothes)

Walking couple with Havik, Lucas van Leyden, 1505 - 1509 print Jonkvrouw and Edelman with hawk on the right hand, dressed according to fashion from 1430-1440. Low Countries paper engraving predatory birds: hawk. the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) (+ two persons). clothes, costume (+ men's clothes). clothes, costume (+ women's clothes). dress, gown (+ women's clothes)

Hedgehog hairstyle tied with a ribbon with a Nizarras diamond pin. Herisson ceint dun Ruban avec une Epingle de diamant a la Nizarras. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from an Album of Fashionable Hairstyles of 1783, Suite des Coeffures a la Mode en 1783, Esnauts et Rapilly, Paris, 1783.

Woman in a night cape and large Voluptuese bonnet. Coiffure de nuit, a la Voluptueuse. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzanne's Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from the era of King Louis XVI, Coiffures de Style, la Parure Excentrique, Rouveyre, Paris, 1895.

Elegant couple in German clothing, Cornelis van Kittensteyn, After Dirck Hals, 1610 - 1638 In front of a building with a garden wall is an elegant pair in German clothing from around 1620. For the couple a dog. The print is part of a series with six prints about costumes in Europe. Netherlands paper engraving clothes, costume (+ men's clothes). clothes, costume (+ women's clothes). Europeans: Germans. head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME) (+ men's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (DOUBLET) (+ men's clothes). trousers, breeches, etc. (BREECHES) (+ men's clothes). coat (+ men's clothes). bow (ornamental part of clothing) (+ men's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ men's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME) (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME) (+ women's clothes). sleeves (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (CAPE) (+ women's clothes). apron (+ women's clothes). purse, money-bag (+ wo

Elegant Syrian Woman. Damascene woman dressed in traditional 19th century clothing, Syria. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Drawing, Costume Design: A Frenchman for a Ballet; Italy; lead pencil on paper

Woman from Hungary, François Desprez, 1562 print Paris paper folk costume, regional costume. dress, gown. Europeans (with NAME) (+ costume). fashion plates

Clothing around 1725, Anonymous, 1725 - 1750 paper etching fashion plates

Tailor Balthazar Knoopius stands for his store. Tailor Balthazar Knoopius is outside for the open door of his store where substances have been displayed.

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Femme Morlaque du Canton de Lara'. 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

French nobleman in mourning clothing; Diversitez d'Habillemens a la Mode (...). French nobleman in fashion of approx. 1630, standing from the front, with the arm pointing to the right. It is dressed in a mourning from which a flatbed collar. He wears a flat hat with plume and boots with snares at the feet. A city wall is visible in the background. With a caption at the bottom.

Man in traditional costumes with mantle and staff, François Desrez, 1562 print Paris paper folk costume, regional costume. fashion plates

French nobleman dressed according to the fashion of approx. 1630; Le Jardin de la Noblesse Françoise (...); Costumes of the French nobility. Edelman, standing on a bordes, dressed in a short shoulder shelter with bontrand over a jam and a knee pants with bows. On the head a flat hat with a wide border, without plumes, including its long hair falls to the shoulders. To his feet shoes with snares. A glove in his left hand. Dit on the left.

French lady to a quay; Diversitez d'Habillemens a la Mode (...). French chamois seen from the front, standing on a terrace in front of a river with bridge. She is dressed to fashion at the court of Lodewijk XIII, deposited with wide outstanding cuffs in a dressing with open puff sleeves. The skirt is included so that the underskirt is partially visible and it has a cleavage with lying collar and a sloping outstanding collar on the back with lace. She wears a short hairstyle and a necklace around her neck and has her hands in a sleeve.

Costumes Manila, vintage engraving. Costumes Manila, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660505

COLECCION DE TRAJES DE ESPAÑA-1777-TRAJINERO MALLORQUIN-GRABADO S XVIII-TIPOS POPULARES. Author: CRUZ CANO Y OLMEDILLA JUAN DE LA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Fashionable lady in front of the church of Saint-Merri, or Saint Mederic, and bookstore, Paris, 1823. In bonnet, ruff collar, gown with flounces, frills and ribbons. Handcoloured drypoint or pointe-seche etching by Henri Boutet from Les Modes Feminines du XIXeme Siecle (Feminine Fashions of the 19th Century), Ernest Flammarion, Paris, 1902. Boutet (1851-1919) was a French artist, engraver, lithographer and designer.

Journal of the ladies and fashions, Parisian costume, 1805, year 13 (592) Bal costume, Anonymous, 1805 Young woman, dancing in a white baljapon with low cleavage, from the front and along the bottom edge decorated with florets. The skirt is stopped slightly so that the white underskirt is visible. Long white gloves. The hairstyle is decorated with two of the same florets. Like jewelry a necklace and earrings. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797-1839 paper engraving Young woman, dancing in a white baljapon with low cleavage, from the front and along the bottom edge decorated with florets. The skirt is stopped slightly so that the white underskirt is visible. Long white gloves. The hairstyle is decorated with two of the same florets. Like jewelry a necklace and earrings. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797-1839 pap

Tamboer on a bordes, dressed according to the fashion of approx. 1630; Figures au natural tant des Vestements que des postures des gardes francoises du roy tres chrestien; Costumes of the French Royal Guard.

Untitled Fashion Plate. Probably France, late 18th century. Costumes; ensembles. Engraving on paper

Habillemens De Leipsic approx. 1785-1786: Two women with impeller and walking stick. Two standing women dressed in a Robe à la polonaise with skirt (left) and a dress with a sash with fringes (right). Hairstyles decorate with feathers. Accessories: impeller, walking stick, chatelaine, shoes with heels. The print is part of the Almanak Habillemens de Leipzig, ca. 1785-1786.

Lady from Turkey, François Desprez, 1562 print Paris paper folk costume, regional costume. Asiatic races and peoples (+ costume). nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood. fashion plates

Male and woman in French fashion from around 1610-1620, 1617 print print maker: Low Countriespublisher: Amsterdam paper etching clothes, costume. Europeans (with NAME) (+ costume) France

Noble lady from the Venice in 'Dogalina'; Nobile Antica; Habiti Antichi, ET Moderni di Tutto Il Mondo ... The clothing of a noble Venetian from the 13th century, when they started outdoors. She is wearing a 'dogalina', one to the battle covered with very wide sleeves, lined with fur in the winter. Bodice embroidered with gold thread. Below a 'carpetta', an undergarment of embroidered silk. On the head a 'Balzo', a kind of turban of gold thread. In 1303 the law prohibited this style as a luxurious. In ornament edge.

You will no longer say the fashion is indecent !! (Title registered (letter))

French king in a cradle, 1647 - 1718 print paper etching / engraving dress, gown (+ women's clothes). veil (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME) (+ women's clothes). sleeves (+ women's clothes). skirt (+ women's clothes). cradle, crib. rattle (child's toy). bedroom. tapestry. historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life). king

La broderie à l'aiguille., 1852 - 1882 (circa 1855). Embroidery. Men, Clothing & dress; Women, Clothing & dress. France., State noted with standard reference number

Lady with coiffure Coiffüre en bandeau d amour, 1790, France, History of Fashion, History of Costume, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a...

Woman in a polka-dotted hat decorated with ribbons. Hairstyle with falling curls or ringlets. Chapeau mouchete garni de Rubans, Boucles negligees. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from an Album of Fashionable Hairstyles of 1783, Suite des Coeffures a la Mode en 1783, Esnauts et Rapilly, Paris, 1783.

Dutch dairy saleswoman with yoke; Diverses Modes Dessinées d'Apres Nature (...). Figure in traditional costume. The print has a title in French and in Dutch.

Woman with Round Codel, François Desprez, 1562 print Paris paper folk costume, regional costume. head-gear: hat. fashion plates

A feather drawing by Katharina Sperling depicting Augsburg city fashion, showing the costume of Ministre Lutheria with detailed design.

Study of women, in shirt Constantin Ernest Adolphe Hyacinthe Guys (1802-1892), draftsman and French painter. Study of women, in shirt. Feather, ink in ink, gray wash.

France, Paris, costume sketch for ballet roles of Simon and Madame Elie, for William Tell at Theatre de l'Academie Royale de Musique

Woman on horseback and soldier, Albrecht Dürer, 1495 - 1499 print A woman on horseback, hat with large plume on the head, greets a soldier with cow owls, hellaard in his hand and sword on the side. In the background a castle on a coast. Nuremberg paper engraving clothes, costume (+ women's clothes). clothes, costume (+ men's clothes). dress, gown (+ women's clothes). head-gear: hat (+ women's clothes). head-gear: hat (+ feathers used for clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (DOUBLET) (+ men's clothes). trousers, breeches, etc. (BREECHES) (+ men's clothes). riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. shoes, sandals. helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): halberd. warfare; military affairs (+ mercenary troops, e.g.: lansquenets)

Portraits of two Courtisanes, Crispijn van de Passe (II), 1635 Portraits of two Courtisanes that are dressed according to the fashion of their time. One lady holds up a mirror for the other lady so that she can yield her makeup. Numbered in the upper corners: 3 and 4. unknown paper engraving / letterpress printing making up - AA - (for) women. whore, prostitute - CC - male prostitution. pin (+ women's clothes). necklace (+ women's clothes). neck-gear: collar (+ women's clothes)

Moorish woman, traditional dress, broad hat, shoes, side view, portrait, historical illustration 1881, Tangier, Morocco, Africa

Fashion in the Middle Ages, linen hood from 1510, historical illustration

Frankish open winged building 205, a Norman chainmail shirt 206, Norman monk 207, and Norman short tunic 208. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages, Chez Collignon, Metz, 1810.

Collection of the diversity of clothes (A Collection of the Various Styles of Clothing), François Desprez, 1562 print Paris paper folk costume, regional costume. Asiatic races and peoples (+ costume). head-gear: turban. fashion plates

Une Epiciere with tools costume and apparatus

Woman sanding a barrel Dutch women's and men's costumes, 1622 (series title), A standing woman seen from the side, in simple clothes and with a cap on her head, sanded a barrel. In the background a raft floats on the river, dress, gown (women's clothes), kitchen maid, kitchen servant, raft, Dirk Eversen Lons, Amsterdam, 1622, paper, engraving, h 87 mm × w 157 mm

Peik, page du grand seigneur, qui le suit à pied quand il sort. Vanmour, Jean-Baptiste, 1671-1737. 1714. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , Turkey

Natural female form allowed to develop without the restriction of corsets. From M Platen Die Neue Heilmethode, Leipzig, nd. c1900.

Recueil de la diversité des habits (A Collection of the Various Styles of Clothing). This is the very first costume book, with more than a hundred images of clothing from around the world. Below each figure are four lines of verse describing the countrys outfits or related customs. This was an age of unprecedented overseas exploration. Europeans were especially fascinated to see and read about inhabitants of the so-called New World, such as the Brazilian woman with her child 1.

Shops under Covered Market. Goldsmith, Dealer in Stuffs and Shoemaker. After miniature in Aristotles Ethics and Politics in 15th century translation by Nicholas Oresme

Lady in a 14th century wraparound costume, History of Fashion, Costume History, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century pattern

An illustration depicting a nude female figure with natural waist size allowed to develop without the restriction of corsets. Dated 20th century

Advertisement of the company Polich, Leipzig, fashion house with delivery service, 1890, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, Europe

A ladies' hat maker adds a feather to his cap. Date: 17th century

Traditional costumes in Germany in the 19th century, Westphalia, farmer's woman, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a collector's picture from ca 1910

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