Historical French Fashion

Elegant, historical illustrations of men in 18th and early 19th-century French attire. Features tailcoats, breeches, top hats, and chic accessories reflecting the fashion of the time.

Journal of the ladies and modes 1825, Parisian costume (2358), 1825 Print from the journal Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1825.  paper etching Print from the journal Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1825.  paper etching
Journal of the ladies and modes 1825, Parisian costume (2358), 1825 Print from the journal Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1825. paper etching Print from the journal Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1825. paper etching
Costume of a young French man, blue tunic with large sleeves, black belt, stockings in red and white, and bizarre long cracows (pointed shoes a la poulaine), 14th century. From a miniature in a French manuscript titled Roman de la Rose, Bibliotheque Imperiale de Paris. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from "Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries," Levy Fils, Paris, 1861.French fashion for men, circa 1885. Photo: Courtesy Everett CollectionCostume Model for Ruy Blas - The Marquis de Santa Cruz Louis Boulanger (1806-1867). "Costume model for Ruy Blas: The Marquis de Santa Cruz, 70 years old". Paris, Victor Hugo House.Lutz (atto IIIo) , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown CollectionLutz (atto III) , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown CollectionScottish costume. (19th century.), Elias Spanier, 1840 - 1850  Man in Scottish costume, 19th century. Presentation added to the sheet metal about the costumed ball held on the Palace of the Prince of Orange (the later King William III) in The Hague on February 26, 1845. The Hague paper  historical costume ScotlandA Postilion, Thomas Sewell Robins, 1814-1880, British, undated, Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 1/8 inches (26.7 × 18.1 cm), boots, buttons, costume, figure study, hat, jacket, man, postilion, vest, whipCOLECCION DE TRAJES DE ESPAA-1777-NARANJERO MURCIANO-GRABADO S XVIII-TIPOS POPULARES. Author: Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla (1734-1790). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE.Traditional costumes in Germany in the 19th century, Brandenburg, Wendish farmer, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a collector's picture from ca 1910Medieval soldier in long tunic on horseback. Cavalry from Bible 10, Manuscripts in the Bibliotheque royale. Cavalier (MSBR Bible No. 10). Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.Habit of Caledonian woman. Femme Caledonienne.. Veen, Gijsbert van, 1558-1630. Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Scots , Clothing & dress, CaledoniansStudenti (atto I , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown CollectionCabinet of fashion and taste 1791, pl. I: Petit Maitre, Anonymous, 1791 An elegant dressed 'Petit Maitre' in light blue freak ... (p.42), with walking stick Haarlem paper etching An elegant dressed 'Petit Maitre' in light blue freak ... (p.42), with walking stick Haarlem paper etchingVanity Fair: Legal; 'The Marlborough Street Solicitor', Mr. Arthur John Edward Newton, September 21, 1893, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1893, ChromolithographTraditional costumes in Germany in the 19th century, Saxony, man, Hallore, salt workers from the Hallens salt works, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a collector's picture from ca 1910Louis XIII. 17th century, Elias Spanier, 1840 - 1850  Man in historic costume from the time of Louis XIII, 17th century. Presentation added to the sheet metal about the costumed ball held on the Palace of the Prince of Orange (the later King William III) in The Hague on February 26, 1845. The Hague paper  historical costumeLa mode sous Louis XV. , Men, Clothing & dress, 19th Century American Trade CardsCostume, clothing, English admiral at sea, around 1700, England, copperplate engraving by Caspar Luyken from 1703, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 18th century.'Showing a cocked hat worn by a Quaker gentleman of Pennsylvania', 1774, (1937). From "History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan. Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1937Hat fashion and beard fashion of men in Germany in 1889  /  Hutmode uns Bartmode der Männer in Deutschland im Jahre 1889, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Studenti atto I , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown CollectionJózef Cichoński in Polish Costume. Matejko, Jan (1838 1893), Schübeler, Julian (before 1865 1890), Lewental, Salomon (Franciszek Sales) (1841 1902)Traditional costumes in Germany in the 19th century, Wuerttemberg, boys from the area of the Oberamt Tuttlingen, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a collector's picture from about 1910A young London errand girl  wears a knee-length dress &  wrap over coat with small  collar, stockings & boots & a  flat straw hat with a feather.      Date: circa 1905