Directoire Collection (page 2)

Chemise & Knickers 1920
A young woman with an angular bob hairstyle models a chemise & a pair of matching Directoire knickers ornamented with a circular motif trim

Babeuf in Prison
FRANCOIS EMILE BABEUF French revolutionary depicted in prison for conspiring to overthrow the Directoire. But he will stab himself before they get him to the scaffold. Date: 1760 - 1797

COSTUME 1788
Man: striped dress coat with stand collar, coat with a sloping front border & waistcoat & a bicorne hat. Women: petticoats with vandyked hems, reticule, mob Date: 1788

WOMENs COSTUME 1789-90
Ladies wearing pelerines, a buffont, fur tippet & matching muff, hats including a large mob cap & gowns with open fronts revealing waistcoats & petticoats. Date: 1789 -1790

Silhouette of 1911
The fashionable silhouette of 1911: large brimmed hat, high waisted Empire line gown with an over-skirt or tunic & a train, tassels & lots of fur in the form of a muff & stole. Date: 1911

COUPLE YANKEE
Two girls wearing costumes allegorically representing a French persons conception of what is characteristic of America... Date: late 19th century

Man in large black bicorn hat, white cravat, brown coat over cream breeches, holding a cane.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions under

Woman in feathered bonnet, scarlet velvet jacket over a long full green silk skirt.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions under

Woman in extravagant tall floral bonnet, wearing a flower-trimmed pale green dress, holding a fan.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions

Elegant man in full wig, grey striped coat over black waistcoat and breeches, with cane and hat.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions under

Woman in wig and bonnet, long crimson coat over white skirts, with both hands in a huge fur muff.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions

Fashionable woman in petite maitresse style: pink dress with green rosettes, bonnet with flowers.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions

Fashionable man in pink coat, green breeches, bonnet with rosette, striped stockings and cane.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions under

Woman in revolutionary tricolor outfit: striped bonnet and dress, blue sash and blue underskirt.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions under

Dandy in black suit, breeches and stockings, holding a sprig of flowers and a pocket telescope.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions under

Woman in bonnet trimmed with feathers, long golden silk dress, mauve hooded coat and fur muffler.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions

Fashionable woman in flowery bonnet, green velvet coat, grey silk dress and holding a cane.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions under

Woman in floral bonnet, a pink fur-trimmed coat over long white skirts and carrying a cane.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions under

Woman in wig, bonnet trimmed with foliage, yellow silk jacket and matching long skirt.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions under

Costume of an Incroyable.. Costume of an Incroyable. He wears a silk bicorn that recalls the hats of Italian infantry soldiers

Costume of Madame Besuchet, nouveau riche.. Costume of Madame Besuchet, nouveau riche. She wears a bonnet a la frivole crowned with a knot of ribbons, loose hair

Costume of Lagorille, wig artist, one of the first Incroyables.. Costume of Lagorille, wig artist, one of the first Directoire dandies or Incroyables

Costume of Madame Peters, merveilleuse.. Costume of Madame Peters, merveilleuse. She wears an English Jockey hat with huge brim, a dress in redcurrant-coloured florence

Costume of Tournesol, police agent in henchmans outfit.. Costume of Tournesol, police agent in henchmans outfit. He wears a tall, wide-brimmed hat, a long coat, wide cravat

Costume of Madame Tuffier, merveilleuse.. Costume of Madame Tuffier, merveilleuse. She wears an English hat with large brim, a simple dress in blue silk, and scarf

Costume of Ragot, supplier.. Costume of Ragot, supplier. He wears a large claque (bicorn), a suit in a rich wool fabric of chocolate brown decorated with flowers

Costume of Dorlis, Muscadin in the fashion of 1796.. Costume of Dorlis, Muscadin in the fashion of 1796. He wears a small bicorn cocked hat, long jacket with huge lapels and cuffs, high-collar shirt

Costume of Madame de Chateau-Regnault, merveilleuse.. Costume of Madame de Chateau-Regnault, merveilleuse in Revolutionary fashion

Costume of Desgouttieres, Secretary of the Directory.. Costume of Desgouttieres, Secretary of the Directory and fashion leader in wigs

Costume of the merveilleuse Lodoiska, French Directory era.. Costume of the merveilleuse Lodoiska, who promenaded in the Jardin Egalite, Paris

Costume of madame Henguerlot, merveilleuse.. Costume of madame Henguerlot, merveilleuse. She wears a Greek robe in silk, spencer a la Jockey, English bonnet with ribbons

Costume of Egle, merveilleuse in the fashion of 1798.. Costume of Egle, merveilleuse in the fashion of 1798. She wears a Minerva casque open at the top, an Omphale robe decorated with flowers

Costume of Malicorne, police agent of the Dutart school.. Costume of Malicorne, police agent of the Dutart school. He wears a striped jacket in Scottish wool with high collar, goatskin boots

Costume of Pervenche, nouveau riche wife of a merchant.. Costume of Pervenche, nouveau riche wife of a merchant. She wears a Primerose headdress of fanchon bonnet, Egyptian cameo and plumes

Portrait of Victorien Sardou, French dramatist.. Portrait of Victorien Sardou, French dramatist. Etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot Jr. from Costumes of the Directory, Rouquette, Paris, 1875

Costume of Saint-Amour, cabinet member and Incroyable.. Costume of Saint-Amour, cabinet member and Incroyable under the Directoire

Costume of Illyrine, a young merveilleuse and debutante.. Costume of Illyrine, a young merveilleuse and debutante. She wears a Minerva bonnet crowned with feathers

Costume of a bourgeois woman, dressed as merveilleuse.. Costume of a bourgeois woman, dressed as merveilleuse. She wears a turban of silk surmounted with feathers

Red water spider or scarlet hydrachna, Hydrachna coccinea
Costume of a bourgeois man.. Costume of a bourgeois man. He carries an English hat, an old felt Tudor with its plumes removed

Costume of a Commis Marchand, Incroyable.. Costume of a Commis Marchand (assistant merchant), Incroyable. Bicorn with cockade, redingote (frock coat) with wide lapels, short gilet (waistcoat)

Costume of Madame Raquet, merveilleuse in the martyr style.. Costume of Madame Raquet, merveilleuse in the martyr style. She wears a round English hat in beaver skin

LA Reveilliere-Lepeaux
LOUIS MARIE de LAREVELLIERE- LEPEAUX (or Lepaux) French statesman, during and after the Revolution : depicted here as a member of the Directoire. Date: 1753 - 1824

Choice Spirit & Buck
A buck : a dissipated & dishevelled looking man of fashion with a cudgel tucked under his arm & a choice spirit in a bicorne hat. Date: 1790

Pink Dress & Screen 1912
Directoire (Empire line) revival gown: high-waist, asymmetrical tunic or over- skirt, train, bows at the waist front & back, coat with fur trim, bandeau & aigrette. Date: 1912

So Far So Good - A fine pair of ankles, calves, knees and
" So Far So Good" - A fine pair of ankles, calves, knees and... Date: circa 1910s

Napoleon First Consul
By a coup d etat, the Directoire is replaced by a Consulat of Napoleon with Cambaceres and Lebrun : Napoleon as First Consul now effectiuvely rules France

Napoleon Feted
After the treaty of Campo Formio is signed in October, Napoleon is feted at the palais national du Directoire, Paris

Empire Line Revival 1910
Directoire / Empire revival gown: high waist, draped fur- trimmed corsage, tasseled girdle, finely gathered skirt ornamented at the hem with Roman style embroidery

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