Knights clad in chain mail populate these pages; alongside crowned heads in royal regalia and common folk in their finest apparel. Scrupulously authentic in every detail; these images offer colorful portraits that span centuries of fashion; from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance.Raphaeuml;l Jacquemin was preeminent among the fashion illustrators and historians of nineteenth-century Europes golden age of fashion design publications. His 1869 Iconographie Geacute;neacute;rale et Meacute;thodique du Costume du IV au XIX Siegrave;cle drew upon manuscripts; reliefs; and effigies from the Louvre; university libraries; and other archives for the most striking and accurate fashion statements from the fourth through seventeenth centuries. This collection features ninety of Jacquemins magnificent hand-colored engravings; a gallery of iconic portraits that have served as museum exhibits in their own right. Fashion designers; artists; costumers; and others seeking authenticity of period detailmdash;as well as inspiration for contemporary stylesmdash;will find this book a splendid resource.
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