Full-Color Sourcebook of French Fashion charming sketches by Ricardo Palma

charming sketches by Ricardo Palma

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Full-Color Sourcebook of French Fashion charming sketches by Ricardo PalmaThese superb color plates by Hippolyte Pauquet and his brother Polydore, reproduced directly from a rare and valuable nineteenth century publication, magnificently depict 500 years of French fashion. Starting with the flamboyant headgear and voluminous robes of fifteenth century royalty, the artfully rendered illustrations progress chronologically to the high waisted Empire styles of the Napoleonic era. Members of the nobility and upper classes are