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Femmes Collection

Background imageFemmes Collection: Brochure cover for Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatre

Brochure cover for Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927

Background imageFemmes Collection: Napoleon Et Les Femmes Part 2

Napoleon Et Les Femmes Part 2
Part two of a series of four illustrations portraying a lady in company with Napoleon Bonaparte, who can be seen in the background, through the doorway, sat at his desk, looking over his shoulder

Background imageFemmes Collection: Napoleon Et Les Femmes Part 4

Napoleon Et Les Femmes Part 4
The final part of a series of four illustrations portraying a lady in company with Napoleon Bonaparte, who can be seen in the background, through the doorway, sat at his desk

Background imageFemmes Collection: Napoleon Et Les Femmes Part 1

Napoleon Et Les Femmes Part 1
Part one of a series of four illustrations portraying a lady in company with Napoleon Bonaparte, who can be seen in the background, through the doorway, sat at his desk, looking over his shoulder

Background imageFemmes Collection: Two female dancers and two male dancers or Tschenky

Two female dancers and two male dancers or Tschenky
Two female Ottoman dancers with castanets, and two male dancers or Tschenky. Tschenky ou danseur publique, danseuse publique. Due Ballerine e Due Ballerini

Background imageFemmes Collection: Isabelle de Bavaria, wife of King Charles VI

Isabelle de Bavaria, wife of King Charles VI. In her wedding dress, aged 14, 1385. She wears a tall headdress with diadem, royal mantle over a sur cotte dress all decorated with gold

Background imageFemmes Collection: Louise Adelaide d Orleans, later Abbess of

Louise Adelaide d Orleans, later Abbess of Chelles, 1698-1743. She is depicted as a young woman before becoming a nun, wearing a simple morning dress in back with white fur trim

Background imageFemmes Collection: Marguerite of Lorraine at her wedding ball, 1581

Marguerite of Lorraine at her wedding ball, 1581
Marguerite of Lorraine, sister of Queen consort Louise of France, sister-in-law to Henry III of France, wife of Anne Duke of Joyeuse, 1581

Background imageFemmes Collection: Jeanne de Sancerre, sister of Louis de Sancerre

Jeanne de Sancerre, sister of Louis de Sancerre, Constable of France. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Galerie Francaise de

Background imageFemmes Collection: Heloise d Argenteuil, died 1164

Heloise d Argenteuil, died 1164
Heloise d Argenteuil, nun, scholar and writer, best known for her romance with Abelard, died 1164. The large purse hanging from her belt is called an escarcelle (aumoniere or almoner)

Background imageFemmes Collection: Michelle de Vitry, widow of Jean Jouvenel

Michelle de Vitry, widow of Jean Jouvenel des Ursins, died 1456. After her husbands death in 1431, she wore black mourning dress with the wimple and headband of a nun. From a painting on wood

Background imageFemmes Collection: Woman of the court of Rene I of Naples, 1409-1480

Woman of the court of Rene I of Naples, 1409-1480
Woman of the court of Rene d Anjou or Rene I of Naples, 1409-1480. She wears tall hennin conical hat with veil, red velvet dress over green petticoat

Background imageFemmes Collection: Femmes du peuple, Women of the people, French

Femmes du peuple, Women of the people, French National Convention era. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France

Background imageFemmes Collection: A speaker addresses her fellow women revolutionaries in the church of Saint-Germain l

A speaker addresses her fellow women revolutionaries in the church of Saint-Germain l Auxerrois during the Paris Commune Date: 1871

Background imageFemmes Collection: Club des Femmes in the church of Saint-Germain l

Club des Femmes in the church of Saint-Germain l Auxerrois during the Paris Commune. Date: 1871

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939238

10939238
Woman of Fecamp. Like the serre-tete of le Havre, this one too is decorated only to the temples.. In the background on the hill is the church of Notre-Dame-du-Salut

Background imageFemmes Collection: Tradeswoman of Lisieux She wears a serre-tete

Tradeswoman of Lisieux She wears a serre-tete
Tradeswoman of Lisieux. She wears a serre-tete fixed with a double ribbon.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939209

10939209
Young girl of Varengeville, near Dieppe. The bonnet is of cotton toile.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939204

10939204
Costume of the area of Dieppe. Bonnet with its papillon wings folded toward the front.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939191

10939191
Costume of Bayeux. Falling tails from the bonnet and the false sleeves in a contrasting colour.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Background imageFemmes Collection: Young woman of Bayeux A novel method making a

Young woman of Bayeux A novel method making a
Young woman of Bayeux. A novel method of making a tie to fix the bonnet.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Background imageFemmes Collection: Young woman of Bayeux

Young woman of Bayeux.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Background imageFemmes Collection: Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen

Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Background imageFemmes Collection: Young woman of Harcourt, near Caen

Young woman of Harcourt, near Caen.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939181

10939181
Costume of Caen. The woman has fixed her bavolet bonnet with two ribbons.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939179

10939179
Costume of Caen. Tall bonnet with the veils twisted over the crown of artificial flowers.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939178

10939178
Costume of Pont lEveque. Bavolet bonnet with papillon butterfly wings fixed at the temples.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939173

10939173
Women of Bolbec in costume for baptisms, weddings, family reunions or festivals at church.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939169

10939169
Young woman of le Havre in a bonnet that rises to a point, decorated with lace only to the ears.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939165

10939165
Woman in costume of Dieppe. Rear view of the tall bavolet bonnet with two long lace tails.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939164

10939164
Woman in long plum dress with blue stole from Yvetot, showing the long lace tails from her bonnet.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939153

10939153
Woman of Caux in white dress, tall bonnet with lace tails at a harvest festival in an orchard.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939152

10939152
Woman in bavolet bonnet and costumer of Val-de-la-Haye, near Rouen.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939149

10939149
Woman of Rouen wearing a small, plain bavolet, a simple white dress with shawl and belt.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Background imageFemmes Collection: 10939141

10939141
Costume of Granville. A woman in her finery in a park near the port.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Background imageFemmes Collection: Greek art. Tomb Siren. Greek Asia Minor. C. 550 B. C. Marble

Greek art. Tomb Siren. Greek Asia Minor. C. 550 B. C. Marble
Greek art. Tomb Siren. Greek Asia Minor. C. 550 B.C. Marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageFemmes Collection: Petrarch appears in dreams to Boccaccio. Miniature in Book o

Petrarch appears in dreams to Boccaccio. Miniature in Book o
Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) and Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). Italian writers. Petrarch appears in dreams to Boccaccio

Background imageFemmes Collection: Young man offering the manuscript to the Countess of Hautevi

Young man offering the manuscript to the Countess of Hauteville. 15th century miniature of Livre des cleres et nobles femmes. Chateau de Chantilly. France

Background imageFemmes Collection: Preraphaelite Model

Preraphaelite Model
The quintessential preraphaelite model - here depicting the Lady of Shallott, but she could pose for countless other Victorian femmes fatales or doomed. Date: 1866

Background imageFemmes Collection: Moliere / Savantes

Moliere / Savantes
LES FEMMES SAVANTES Chrysale confesses to a fondness for repose, peace and quiet... Date: 1672

Background imageFemmes Collection: Moliere / Ecole Femmes

Moliere / Ecole Femmes
L ECOLE DES FEMMES Agnes complains that she has been bitten by fleas throughout the night Date: 1662

Background imageFemmes Collection: Costume of Granville She dresses in very fine

Costume of Granville She dresses in very fine
Costume of Granville. She dresses in very fine fabric, but never wears lace in her bonnet.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Background imageFemmes Collection: Costume of Coutances Woman in mourning habit

Costume of Coutances Woman in mourning habit
Costume of Coutances. Woman in mourning habit.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Background imageFemmes Collection: A scene from Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatre, Paris

A scene from Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatre, Paris
Les Plumes d Autruche scene from Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1926-27 Date: circa 1927

Background imageFemmes Collection: A scene from Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatre

A scene from Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatre
Chales Espagnol scene from Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1926-27 Date: circa 1927

Background imageFemmes Collection: Georges Carpentier in La Grand Revue Femmes et Sports

Georges Carpentier in La Grand Revue Femmes et Sports, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927

Background imageFemmes Collection: Dranem, one of the stars of Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatr

Dranem, one of the stars of Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatr
Image of Dranem, one of the stars of Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1926-27 Date: circa 1927

Background imageFemmes Collection: Two showgirls in Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatre

Two showgirls in Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatre
Two showgirls in signaling Good-night in Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1926-27 Date: circa 1927

Background imageFemmes Collection: La Grand Revue Femmes et Sports, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927

La Grand Revue Femmes et Sports, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927
Brochure cover for La Grand Revue Femmes et Sports, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927

Background imageFemmes Collection: Folies de Femmes at the French Casino, New York

Folies de Femmes at the French Casino, New York
The Autumn Symphony scene from Folies de Femmes at the French Casino, New York, 1936 Date: 1936

Background imageFemmes Collection: Valcourt in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport, Paris

Valcourt in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport, Paris
Valcourt in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927

Background imageFemmes Collection: The dancer Nadja in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport

The dancer Nadja in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927

Background imageFemmes Collection: La Mome Moineau in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport

La Mome Moineau in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927

Background imageFemmes Collection: Florence Walton and Leon Leitrim

Florence Walton and Leon Leitrim in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927

Background imageFemmes Collection: La Belle Chrysis in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport

La Belle Chrysis in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927

Background imageFemmes Collection: Union amicale d Alsace Lorraine. Femmes francaises! Hatez-vo

Union amicale d Alsace Lorraine. Femmes francaises! Hatez-vous pour que l annee 1918 apporte aux fillettes pauvres une poupee Alsacienne ou Lorraine

Background imageFemmes Collection: Croix-Rouge francaise. Union des Femmes de France. Vente de

Croix-Rouge francaise. Union des Femmes de France. Vente de guerre. In the foreground is a large Red Cross flag. In the background is a silhouette of a battlefield. Date 1916. Croix-Rouge francaise

Background imageFemmes Collection: Man posting an advertisement for La publicite en France par

Man posting an advertisement for La publicite en France par Emile Mermet on a city wall between a poster of two people captioned les femmes and a poster of a Montgolfier hot-air balloon

Background imageFemmes Collection: Journee Des Femmes

Journee Des Femmes
Women process through the streets of Paris, affirming their status and rights. Date: 1980

Background imageFemmes Collection: Moliere / Femmes Savantes

Moliere / Femmes Savantes
LES FEMMES SAVANTES Act three, scene five Pardon me, sir, I don t speak Greek ! Date: first performed 1666

Background imageFemmes Collection: Folies de Femmes at the French Casino

Folies de Femmes at the French Casino
Programme cover for Folies de Femmes at the French Casino, New York, 1936, the third Clifford Fischer show Date: 1936

Background imageFemmes Collection: Cover of souvenir brochure for Femmes En Folies

Cover of souvenir brochure for Femmes En Folies at the Folies Bergere, Paris, 1935 1935

Background imageFemmes Collection: Programme cover for Femmes et Sports

Programme cover for Femmes et Sports, featuring Georges Carpentier and Florence Walton at the Palace Theatre, Paris 1927. Artwork by Charles Gesmar 1927

Background imageFemmes Collection: Programme cover for Toutes Les Femmes

Programme cover for Toutes Les Femmes at the Palace Theatre, Paris 1923 1923


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