Historical Women's Costumes

A series of artistic depictions of women in traditional costumes from various cultures and periods, showcasing historical fashion and rich details.

Costume de Melle. Pauline Leroux, rôle de Marie, dans La tentation, ballet opéra, Académie royale de musique, acte 1er, 1832. Additional, Tentation., 1832., Paris. Publisher, chez Hautecoeur Martinet. single unit. Tentation (Choreographic work Coralli). Ballet, 19th century. Leroux, Pauline, 1809-1891. Engravings., Vignette in line border, colored, border 15.6 x 10 cm

Napoleon I Emperor of the French, King of Italy / Great Ceremony Costume.

Costume of Coutances. While the woman in Plate 25 wore an everyday bonnet, this woman is wearing a demi-pare bonnet - the bavolet was for the finest occasions. Note that the top is flattened and the papillon (butterfly) wings are horizontal. Hand-colored fashion plate illustration by Lante engraved by Gatine from Louis-Marie Lante's "Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux," 1827/1885. With their tall Alsation lace hats, the women of Caux and Normandy were famous for the elegance and style.

Costume of madame Henguerlot, merveilleuse. She wears a Greek robe in silk, spencer a la Jockey, English bonnet with ribbons, wig with loose strands a la victime, and an Incroyable's cravat. Her thin gauze slip reveals her beautiful legs. Handcoloured etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot Jr. from "Costumes of the Directory," Rouquette, Paris, 1875. The etchings were made from designs by Eugene Lacoste and Draner after prints of the era 1795-99. The costumes are from theatre productions "Merveilleuses" and "Pres Saint-Gervais" by Victorien Sardou.

Sketch of Turkish Dress, 'Sultan Mahmoud'. England, circa 1700-1750. Drawings. Watercolor on paper

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

. A woman of European descent in Galatea gets her veil looked through her slave before she goes out.

Young Chinese girl with smallpox, illustration from 'Notes on Diverse Eruptions, ' 1786.

Costumes de Différent Pays, 'Laitiere des Environs de Bordeaux'. 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

Traditional costumes in Germany in the 19th century, Thuringia, peasant girl from Erfurt, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a collector's picture from ca 1910

Woman in Galata gets a veil, Jean-Etienne Liotard, 1745 print A woman of European descent in Galata receives her veil before she goes outside by her servant made a slave. print maker: Viennaafter drawing by: Constantinopelpublisher: Parispublisher: Paris paper engraving Asiatic races and peoples: Turks (+ costume). veil. slavery; serfs and the enslaved Galata

Watercolor. Costume sketch. Dancing couple. A man in uniform -like suit with his arm around the waist of a woman in national costume. Both in full figure. Detailed sketch of the skirt. Sketch from sketchbook from Johan Gustaf Sandberg's archive, Nordic Museum Inv.nr: NM.0080508. Nordic

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Indian dancer and Afghans, costumes from Asia, Afghanistan, India, 1885, digitally restored r...

Traditional costumes in Germany in the 19th century, East Prussia, woman, East Prussian farmer's woman with baby in the cradle, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a collector's picture from ca 1910

Beautiful 19th century Egyptian woman dressed in typical costumes of the time, Egypt, North Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

Sketch of Turkish Dress, 'Dervish'. England, circa 1700-1750. Drawings. Watercolor on paper

Chinese mandarin in common dress, 18th century. He wears spectacles, a light gown, and carries a fan, long tobacco pipe and pouch. A straw hat lies on the ground. Mandarin en costume ordinaire. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries La Chine: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Chinois,China: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Chinese, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1822. Jean-Baptiste Eyries(1767-1846) was aFrenchgeographer, author and translator.

Costume of a Jewish man in Constantinople. He wears a dark turban, long beard and robes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Octavian Dalvimart from William Alexanders translation of Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks, Thomas MLean, London, 1814.

Costumes of Kurds and Persians. Mountain Kurd with cudgel and shield 1, Persian man in silk summer outfit 2, and Persian women in shawl or turban, tunic and pantaloons 3,4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Femmes Européennes en Habillement Turc'. 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

JOAN OF ARC French heroine dressed in armour Date: 1412 - 1431

Traditional costume of the island of Marken in Noord-Holland, 1857, 1857 Traditional clothing of the island of Marken in the province of Noord-Holland. Three women in a boat. Illustration in a book from 1857 with 56 records of Dutch traditional costumes. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper The ground Traditional clothing of the island of Marken in the province of Noord-Holland. Three women in a boat. Illustration in a book from 1857 with 56 records of Dutch traditional costumes. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper The ground

German nobleman, 15th century. He wears a red hat tied with green ribbon, hood and collar embroidered in gold, white robe with gold hem, red stockings and grey boots with silver spurs, red belt and sword in white scabbard. (In the original, the collar is yellow, the robe blue and boots yellow.) From a painting by Pinturicchio showing the introduction of Eleanor of Portugal to Frederick III, Piccolomini Library, Duomo, Siena. 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.

Traditional costumes in 19th century Germany, Bavaria, Woman from Dachau, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a collector's picture from ca 1910

Free Natives of Dominica, Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728-1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758-70; 1777-80s), after Agostino Brunias, 1728-1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758-70; 1777-80s), 1780, Stipple engraving and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches (30.2 x 20.9 cm) and Image: 8 13/16 x 6 15/16 inches (22.4 x 17.7 cm), bonnets (hats), bows (costume accessories), breeches (trousers), cane, cap (headgear), Caribbean, chokers, coat, costume, dresses, earrings, flounces, genre subject, gesture, gowns, handkerchiefs, hats, jewelry, lace, landscape, man, mountain, natives, palm trees, patterns (design elements), ruffles, shrubs, staff (walking stick), stripes, trees, tricorne, turbans, West Indies, women, Dominica, North and Central America

Fashion, Russia, 19th century. Young women's costumes.

Commoners, Japan, late 19th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Arabian girl in hat, striped dress, animal skin, earrings and bracelets. Handcoloured woodcut by Pannemaker after an illustration by H. Hendrickx from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde," Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.

Velador (atto III) , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown Collection

German and Swiss (Geneva) women's costumes, 16th century. Taken from MS 44 fonds de la Valliere, Bibliotheque Imperiale. Allemande et Suissesse. Allemagne, XVIe siecle. Chromolithograph by Ferdinand Sere and Auguste Racinet from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

Trachten in Germany around 1820, Province of Saxony, Dannstedt, digitally retouched reproduction of a template from about 1850, by Albert Kretschmer February 27, 1825 - 11th July 1891, German painter and costumeist 1f -4913789

Italy. Tuscany. 1390-1809 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Unidentified Italian opera costume design plate 12 , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown Collection

Dress Spanish court lady late 16th century historical costume - Dress Spanish court lady late 16th century ,property released Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 5026503 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Stella, a young Italian woman in peasant dress, possibly a model for Goethe's tragedy Stella, Italy, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown, Europe

Small Dramatic Gallery, 1796-1843, No. 366: Miss Elomire Role of Perette, 1796 - c. 1843 Costume of the actress Mlle Elomire in the role of Perette from the farce 'Les Auvergnats', staged in the 'Théâtre des Variétés'. Woman or milkmaid () With two buckets on a yoke. She is wearing a dress with checkered apron. Cap. Striped fichu. Print from the magazine Petite Galerie Dramatique ou Recueil de Différents Costumes d'Acteurs des Théâtres de la Capitale (1796-1843). paper etching actress (on the stage). fashion plates. neck-gear ~ clothing (+ women's clothes). head-gear: cap (+ women's clothes). piece of clothing covering the breast or décolleté (FICHU) (+ women's clothes). apron (+ women's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ women's clothes). dress, gown (+ women's clothes). wooden container: barrel, cask, bucket

Costume sketch for Idreno by Giacomo Pregliasco (1759-1819), Performance at Teatro Regio

Sultan Selim III, Ottoman Emperor, 1807, after Gregorius. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polydor Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' "Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens et Modernes" (Foreign Fashions and Costumes Ancient and Modern), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history.

Costume, clothing, an imperial chambermaid, around 1700, copperplate engraving by Caspar Luyken from 1703, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 18th century.

Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera. Artist: Charles Bianchini (French, Lyons 1860-1905 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 12 5/16 x 9 3/8 in. (31.2 x 23.8 cm). Date: 1897.Costume design for Philip the Good, Duke of Burgondy, part of a portfolio of 82 designs by Bianchini for 'Jeanne d'Arc' by the Paris Opera Company, 1897. Philip the Good is depicted on three-quarter view, looking to the left, with his left foot extended towards the front and his right arm slightly lifted in front of him. He wears a dark purple doublet with green borders, decorated with rich golden interlacing motifs, and a matching cape, over a chemise with golden decorations on the sleeves and white gloves. The hose are of cream color, as well as the pointed-toe flat shoes. A fur scarf is around the neck, and a black double belt with golden interlacing motifs is tied around his wais. He wears a golden crown over a red hat, flanked on the crown by a fleur de lis. Museum: Met

Traditional costumes in Germany in the 19th century, Southern Germany, woman, housewife from the Black Forest, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a collector's picture from ca 1910

Valkyrii costume design; Thoma, Hans (1839-1924); around 1896 (1891-00-00-1901-00-00);

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

Noblewoman of Italy, 15th century. She wears a crimson velvet bonnet with black lining, crimson silk simar with huge fur-lined sleeves, and blue velvet dress. It shows that the fashion has barely changed in over a century. From a miniature in the Duke of Urbino's Bible in the Vatican library. 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.

Fashion, Russia, 19th century. Male costume of a Georgian Prince. Lithograph by Leblanc.

Makart model Orient at the Makart Festival , Group Handel, Unknown, photographer

Turkish woman and the Galata Tower. Picture from a set of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress. Instead of impenetrable veils, they wore lighter, thinner veils. It was a move to modernisation and more Western thought away from heavy Orientalism. Date: 1920s

Typical dress of 13th Century woman in England. Dated 13th Century

fashion 17th century France womens costume lady circa 1630 wood engraving 19th century,

Kabardian man, one of the 12 Circassian tribes. In turban, mustache, domino coat with open sleeves, tunic with belt and scimitars, wide pantalons, and tall boots. Kabardinien. 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.

Tipos españoles. Aragonesa con traje típico. Madrid, años 1880. Author: Manuel Moreno Rodríguez.

Costume design for Katerina for the drama by A. N. Ostrovsky's 'Thunderstorm'. 1920. by Boris Kustodiev

Italy, Milan, Costume sketch for Mefistofele (Mefistopheles)

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Penang merchant in ceremonial dress and Macao Chinese woman, 1880, China, digitally restored ...

Costume of a young Italian man, 14th century. He wears a hooded cape open at the side, over a tabard with wide sleeves, lead-coloured stockings, and cracows (pointed shoes a la poulaine). From a miniature in the Titius Livius manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan. 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.

Costume for The Blue God, 1911., Leon Bakst, (1866-1924/Russian)

Colored portrait photography of as a woman looking forward behind birch trunks. She is dressed in national costume from Österåker in Södermanland. The suit sewn as a national romantic reconstruction of original garments around 1900. Nordic

Stool bearer to the Grand Signior, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. The officer aided the sultan when he mounted his horse. In headdress, pelisse coat with fur trim, yellow boots. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Octavian Dalvimart from William Alexanders translation of Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks, Thomas MLean, London, 1814.

Traditional costumes in Germany in the 19th century, Southern Germany, Woman, farmer's woman from the Tauber region of Baden, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a collector's picture from ca 1910

Portrait of a beautiful young 19th century Egyptian woman dressed in traditional clothing of the period. Ancient Egypt History. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Girl in local traditional costume, Carniola, Carniola, Slovenia, around 1890, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Girl in local costume, Slovenia, around 1890, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Walking lady looking right., 1770. Woodcuts., Page from book

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Femme du Senegal'. 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

Snow costume, Japan, Asia

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Singalese, Ceylon, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact da...

Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from İstanbul, Ottoman Empire, circa 1873

Fantasy woman; Fantaisie. A woman holds an open book in her hand and looks out for himself. She depicts the fantasy.

"A Princess with Two Attendants, All in Late 16th Century English Costume", Folio from the Davis Album 18th century Ruffs and necklines are somewhat misunderstood in this throw-back view of sixteenth-century costume. This image may have been inspired by an eighteenth-century English rendering of the historical costume, or copied from an earlier engraving.. "A Princess with Two Attendants, All in Late 16th Century English Costume", Folio from the Davis Album. 18th century. Ink and opaque watercolor on paper. Attributed to India. Codices

"A Princess with Two Attendants, All in Late 16th Century English Costume", Folio from the Davis Album 18th century Ruffs and necklines are somewhat misunderstood in this throw-back view of sixteenth-century costume. This image may have been inspired by an eighteenth-century English rendering of the historical costume, or copied from an earlier engraving.

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