Traditional European Costumes

Colorful depictions of traditional clothing from various regions in Europe, highlighting historical fashion such as folk costumes and elegant attire from the 15th to 18th centuries.

Munich Picture Gallery, Costumes, Early 16th century, German Patrician, Man, Woman, Sword, Elegant, Robe, Jewellery, Two Persons, Portrait, Colour Historical Illustration 1890

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, clothing of the citizens in Germany, 1400, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Swiss Costumes, Valais, Wedding Costume, Zurich, Switzerland, late 18th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Munich Picture Gallery, Costumes, Early 16th century, German Patrician, Man, Woman, Sword, Elegant, Robe, Jewellery, Two Persons, Portrait, Colour Historical Illustration 1890

German Fashion, mid 1400, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Henry d'Albret - King of Navarre (1505-1555), Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Aumale (1515-1550), France, 16th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, people from Pomerania, traditional costumes from Germany, 16th century, digitally restored re...

Woman with Two Men, England, 1st Third of 15th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

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

Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, Noblemen of Burgundy, France, 1470, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th cen...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German castle woman and knight in hunting dress, 1350, Germany, Historical, digitally restore...

German Magistrate wears a gown over a low-cut doublet, allowing the top of his shirt to be visible. German Knight wears boots & spurs & a skirted garment ( jerkin) Date: early 16th century

Jerkin with pleated skirt, & padded sleeves, fur-lined jerkin with short dagged sleeves worn over a doublet, long gown, chaperon, piked shoes & pattens. Date: circa 1450

Male & female costumes ornamented with dagging: short cape, jackets with full sleeves or epaulettes, hose & garters, broad brimmed hat; gown with hanging sleeves. Date: 15th century

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, bayadere from Chematha, Georgian woman, circassian from Khevsur, Caucasia, Caucasus, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

French court dress: paned & bombasted trunk-hose, cod- piece, doublet & jerkin with fur-collar & wings, gown, ruff, ermine cape & cut- fingered pumps. Date: mid 16th century

Italian costume: garments worn with armour include parti- coloured soled hose, gipon or doublet, tight-fitting garment without sleeves or with short raglan sleeves & buckles. Date: 1380

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, noble Englishwoman, woman from Paris, woman from Rouen, woman from Dieppe, France, 16th centu...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Henry dAlbert, King of Navarre and Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Aumale, France, 16th century, ...

This illustration, which dates to 1882, shows two Italian women between 1500 and 1550.

Munich Bilderbogen, Costumes, Early 16th century, two old men, elegant, robe, two persons, sword, portrait, coloured historical illustration 1890

France, 17th century. Costumes of Paris dwellers.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, distinguished Russian and Polish nobleman, 16th century, Poland, Historical, digitally restor...

Obin as the Duc de Beaufort in Niedermeyer's "La Fronde" at the Academie Imperiale de Musique. French bass opera singer Louis-Henri Obin (1820-1895) later became a professor at the Paris Conservatory.. Handcoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie from "Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris" 1853.

Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, French noblemen, ca 1630-1600, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, nobleman around 1570, citizen of Nuremberg in festive costume, traditional costumes from Germany, 16th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

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

Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, Roman garments, Rome, Germanic insignia bearer and Roman commander, Historical, digitally res...

Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, French noblewoman in court costume, ca 1630-1600, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

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

Short jacket or jerkin with hanging sleeves & collar worn over a doublet, hose & piked boots (cracowes), jerkin with a heraldic eagle worn over armour, fur hat with feather. Date: 1470

Captain, Lieutenant, German Military Dress, First Third of Sixteenth Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, drummers and flag bearers of the Landsknechte, 1500-1525, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

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

Popular traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, Deputy from the Council of 500, Gala costume of a member of the Directory, France, 1794-17...

A well-to-do couple from the Palatinate ; he wears a fur cape, she also has a short jacket and puffed sleeves Date: circa 1580

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, noblemen, France, 1470, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact dat...

fashion German patricians couple woodcut by Jost Amman circa 1550,

Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, Dutch artist and noble boy, 1600-1635, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Munich illustrated broadsheet, costumes, France, early 17th century, FRrench cavaliers, traditional costume, portrait, coloured historical illustration 1890, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German Landsknechte, ca 1500-1535, Germany, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a ...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Charles the Bold, hunting dress, Burgundy, France, 1450, digitally restored reproduction of a...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Anne Countess of Chesterfield, man of the court of Charles II Duke of Newcastle, costumes fro...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, German patricians, ca 1400-1450, 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 reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Woman: polonaise, black pelerine, high exaggerated fashionable hairstyle & walking stick. Man: coat with a sloped front border & brandenburgs & low crowned hat Date: 1774 - 1780

Knight and nobleman of Burgundy, 1581. 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, Spanish court costume in the Netherlands, 1600-1635, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Folk Costume, Clothing, History of Costumes, Musketeer and Pikeman in the Thirty Years' War, 1670-1700, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reprod...

The figures represented here are French people between 1550 and 1600. They are, from left to right: a soldier and a man weaering a court costume. The illustration dates to 1882.

Fashion, costumes, clothing of the soldiers and citizens in France at the time of the Spanish fashion around 1560-1590, illustration, France, Europe

Men: gipon, dagged hood, cote- hardie with dagged tippets, girdles, swords & daggers. Woman: garment with elements of a cote-hardie & sleeved surcoat, ornamental fillet. Date: early 14th century

King: mantle with embroidered border, tunic & leg bandages. Soldier: tunic, chainmail shirt & cape, trousers, boots. Minstrel: tunic & girdle, trousers & leg bandages. Date: 8th century

Militaria, Italy, 19th century. Victualer. Color engraving.

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

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

Nobleman of Poland and a woman of Lithuania. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Peoples of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the New Era," written by Leopold Ziegelhauser, Vienna, 1837.

Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, French noblemen, ca 1630-1600, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th ...

Princely Dress, first half of the 17th Century, 1625-1640, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

French Costumes, Second Half of 15th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Fashion, at the time r Spanish and Henry III c. 1575-1590, courtiers and bodyguard, from left a mignon, then a French admiral, then r Duke Louis of Nevers from m House of Gonzaga, then a French nobleman and a Gentilhomme la Compagnie, leader r bodyguard, digital improved reproduction after an original from m year 1900, costumes, clothing in France.

Munich Picture Gallery, Costumes, Early 16th century, German Patrician, Man, Woman, Sword, Elegant, Robe, Two Persons, Portrait, Colour Historical Illustration 1890

The figures represented here are French people around 1600. They are, from left to right: a courtier and a lady of rank. The illustration dates to 1882.

Folk Costume, Clothing, History of Costumes, Musketeer and Pikeman in the Thirty Years' War, 1670-1700, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, Europe

Lord Darnley, husband of Queen Mary of Scotland (1566), Marchioness of Dorset - Noblewoman, Queen Mary of Scotland (1566), Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Homme & Femme de Prague en Boheme'. 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

Couples in Furs, Italian Fashion

Fashion, clothing, costumes in Sweden around the 19th century, from left, a woman from Ystad, then a woman from Jerrestad, a traditional costume of churchgoers after childbirth, then a farmer from Jaerbo, Gesturland, then a woman from Wingaker and a woman from Skane making hay in an old Germanic shirt, digitally enhanced reproduction of a 19th century illustration

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, knight and noblewoman from England, 1330-1370, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Munich picture sheet, costumes, Holland, 19th century, traditional traditional costume, two persons, young man, pipe, smoking, woman, book, portrait, historical illustration 1890

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Homme et Femme de Lisbonne'. 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

Fashion, at the time Spanish c. 1560-1590, lks, chancellor official costume, then king then ee lady-in-waiting, then e officer armour e arquebusier, digital improved reproduction after an original from 1900, costumes, clothing of Charles IX and court society in France.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Glingsby Bethel Sheriff of London, Cavalier under Charles II Duchess of Cleveland, costumes from England, 17th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

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

Costumes from antiquity, the 17th and 18th centuries, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Folk Dress in European Turkey (now Parts of Albania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Greece), Monastir, Thessaly, late 19th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Variarum Gentium Ornatus (Costumes of Different Nations). This series illustrates both the local scenery and the aristocratic fashions of Germany 1, France 2, Rome 3, Milan 4, the Netherlands 5 and Spain 6. Sometimes it is possible to spot famous monuments in the distance, such as Trajans Column in Rome. The inscriptions rarely refer to clothing, but plate 2 notes that the French constantly update their outfits - an oft-repeated stereotype of the period.

Fashion, clothes, folk costumes in France during the Rococo period around 1760, 1770, illustration, France, Europe

Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, Burgundian court costume, France, 1450-1500, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a...

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

Clothing, under Burgundian Eflux in the 15th century, from lks, gentleman with tight-fitting jacket, e knightly gentleman, then Lower Rhenish costume, then e gentleman and e jungglg padded jacket, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century fashion in Germany.

Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, Prince and knight, Germany, 14th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19...

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, boyarin and boyars, Russia, 17th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, costume in Brittany, France, 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original...

People in traditional costumes, fashion, clothes in Denmark, folk costumes in the modern history, illustration, Denmark, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Neapolitan, Naples, Italy, 1570-1600, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century origi...

Morning walking dress for the spring, lady wearing a straw gypsy bonnet, tied down under the chin with white silk, muslin gown ornamented with knotted work crossing, yellow sarsnet or camel hair scarf and white down muff. Gentleman weariing high collar shirt with revers, single breast coat, high boots, cane and top hat. Date: 1807

Fashion, and Austria around 1850, from lks, Castelrotto Val Gardena, twice from the area of Bolzano and e pair of high fur hats from Pafflar, Vorarlberg, Austria, digitally enhanced reproduction of e 19th century illustration, traditional costumes, clothing in Italy, Europe

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, French costumes, ca 1400-1450, France, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th ...

Popular traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, young man from Rome, senator of Rome, distinguished Venetians, Italy, 1350-1395, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Muenchener Bilderbogen, Costumes, Netherlands, early 17th century, Dutch noblemen, man, woman, elegant, robe, portrait, coloured historical illustration 1890

Muenchener Bilderbogen, Costumes, France, early 17th century, French noblemen, man, woman, elegant, robe, portrait, coloured historical illustration 1890, Europe

The figures illustrated here are women of various classes in the Netherlands in 1600. The illustration dates to 1882.

Mary of Scotland, Douglas Duke of Angus, and Edward VI, 14th Century, Court Costumes 400 - 800 CE

Folk Costume, Clothing, History of Costumes, French Gentleman and Lady, ca 1700-1735, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th ce...

Lady with hat, rosary and muff, to the right and nobleman with to the right; La Noblesse de Lorraine. Late copy.

An elegant couple of Henri IV's time - she in a high lace ruff and extraordinary farthingale, he in equally remarkable breeches of unsurpassed bagginess ! Date: 1606

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, student, burgher, councillor, squire, Switzerland, beginning of the 18th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Lanise Marie von Bourbon, 18th Century, Court Costumes 400 - 800 CE

The Italian figures represented date to A.D. 1400. They are, from left to right: a Venetian, two Florentines, page, and a young Italian. The illustration dates to 1882.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, traditional costume from Solothurn and Lucerne, Switzerland, end of 18th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

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