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Fichu Collection

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in a ball gown with mask, 1788

Woman in a ball gown with mask, 1788
Woman in a ball gown, with chapeau topped with a pouf decorated with ribbons and laurel leaves, fichu, corset in English taffeta, and blue taffeta petticoat

Background imageFichu Collection: Fashionable gentleman in coat, era of Marie Antoinette

Fashionable gentleman in coat, era of Marie Antoinette
Fashionable gentleman in coat, breeches and boots with cane and hat, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in jacket and skirt, era of Marie Antoinette

Woman in jacket and skirt, era of Marie Antoinette
Woman in green feathered bonnet, scarlet velvet jacket over a long full green silk skirt with floral-print edging. Era of Marie Antoinette. Handcolored engraving by Ch

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in fur-trimmed outfit, era of Marie Antoinette

Woman in fur-trimmed outfit, era of Marie Antoinette
Woman in floral bonnet, wearing a fichu and pink fur-trimmed coat over long white skirts and carrying a cane. Era of Marie Antoinette. Handcolored engraving by Ap

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in white dress, pink fichu and corsage

Woman in white dress, pink fichu and corsage, pink bonnet-chapeau. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Carrache after an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Les Modes Parisienne sous le

Background imageFichu Collection: Man in loose fitting coat, waistcoat, trousers and boots

Man in loose fitting coat, waistcoat, trousers and boots
Man in loose fitting coat of grey cloth with velvet collar, pink-and-white check waistcoat, hazelnut colour trousers and soft boots. Handcoloured lithograph by E

Background imageFichu Collection: Young girl from the environs of Bamberg, Franconia

Young girl from the environs of Bamberg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century. In her Sunday clothes on her way to church, holding a prayer book, with her throat covered by a scarf

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman of Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany, 19th century

Woman of Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany, 19th century. She wears a tall hat trimmed with lace and decorated with ribbons, a white fichu tucked into a lowcut bodice and skirt in the same fabric

Background imageFichu Collection: Doll representing a girl Victorine with her hands

Doll representing a girl Victorine with her hands in her pockets. Wooden doll dressed by the young Princess Victoria. Color plate after an illustration by Alan Wright from Frances H

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman and child in front of the Fountain of Leda, 1799

Woman and child in front of the Fountain of Leda, 1799
Woman and child in front of the Fountain of Leda, Fontaine de Leda, in the Rue du Regard, Paris, Year VII, 1799. (Designed by Francois-Jean Bralle and built in 1807)

Background imageFichu Collection: Fashionable couple on the terrace of the Tuileries

Fashionable couple on the terrace of the Tuileries, Paris, Year VI, 1798. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustration by Francois Courboin from Octave Uzannes Fashion in Paris

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman lifting the hem of her dress, era of Marie Antoinette

Woman lifting the hem of her dress, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle

Background imageFichu Collection: Speculator at the Palais Royal, era of Marie Antoinette

Speculator at the Palais Royal, era of Marie Antoinette
Speculator at the Palais Royal in morning coat and jockey hat, era of Marie Antoinette. l Agioteur du Palais Royal. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du

Background imageFichu Collection: Dandy with lorgnette, era of Marie Antoinette

Dandy with lorgnette, era of Marie Antoinette
Dandy in black suit, breeches and stockings, holding a sprig of flowers and looking through a pocket telescope or lorgnette. Era of Marie Antoinette. Handcolored engraving by Ap

Background imageFichu Collection: Dandy, era of Marie Antoinette

Dandy, era of Marie Antoinette
Fashionable dandy man in pink coat, green breeches, bonnet with rosette, striped stockings and cane. Era of Marie Antoinette. Handcolored engraving by E

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in dress with ribbon frills, era of Marie Antoinette

Woman in dress with ribbon frills, era of Marie Antoinette
Woman in long white silk dress with blue ribbon frills, green ribbon and roses in her hair in ringlets, holding a fan. Era of Marie Antoinette. Handcolored engraving by A

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in pansy-coloured dress, apron and shawl

Woman in pansy-coloured dress, apron and shawl
Woman in pansy-coloured dress, chiffon apron, cornette a la paysanne hat, long gloves and lace shawl. Handcoloured lithograph by A

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in hazelnut-colour dress, fichu-chemise and blue hat

Woman in hazelnut-colour dress, fichu-chemise and blue hat
Woman in hazelnut-colour dress, fichu-chemise, blue hat and long straw-colour gloves. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Paul Lacourriere after an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Les

Background imageFichu Collection: Man in hazelnut colour coat with monocle

Man in hazelnut colour coat with monocle
Man in hazelnut colour coat, green culottes and gloves, black boots and hat with tricolor cockade. Handcoloured lithograph by A

Background imageFichu Collection: Sarah Elizabeth, Susannah and Sophia Copley

Sarah Elizabeth, Susannah and Sophia Copley, daughters of John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst. Two younger sisters playing with the ringlets of the oldest sister Sarah

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in linen dress looking at herself in the mirror

Woman in linen dress looking at herself in the mirror. Robe de linon de fil. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Adrien Etienne Drian from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in half-mourning outfit of cape and gown, 1913

Woman in half-mourning outfit of cape and gown, 1913
Woman in half-mourning outfit of black-and-white striped cape over a black gown. Demi-deuil. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in muslin dress with fichu wimple, and perkale skirt

Woman in muslin dress with fichu wimple, and perkale skirt
Woman in a muslin dress with frills, fichu wimple, and perkale skirt. The headdress is an accessory, and its height should never equal the length of the face

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in the fashion of 1788

Woman in the fashion of 1788
Woman in jacket of Naples blue, petticoat in Naples yellow, large fichu jabot, straw hat decorated with a large violet ribbon tied to the front of her bodice

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in yellow taffeta demi-redingote, 1788

Woman in yellow taffeta demi-redingote, 1788
Woman in canary-yellow taffeta demi-redingote, pink pointed bodice, white taffeta petticoat, and fichu. Her straw hat is decorated with ribbons and plumes

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in mourning dress of black taffeta, 1788

Woman in mourning dress of black taffeta, 1788
Woman in mourning dress of black taffeta, fichu of white Italian gauze, and bonnet-hat in white crepe. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in dress a la turque and high priestess bonnet, 1788

Woman in dress a la turque and high priestess bonnet, 1788
Woman in dress a la turque in white linen and English lace, white petticoat with lace falbalas, fichu, blue gilet, and gold medallion with initials CD

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in caraco and petticoat, 1788

Woman in caraco and petticoat, 1788
Woman in taffeta pierrot caraco jacket, white linen petticoat, fichu in English gauze, and headdress of artificial roses and ribbons

Background imageFichu Collection: Women in large bonnet and chapeau, 1787

Women in large bonnet and chapeau, 1787
Woman in redingote in black wool with two collars, bonnet a la grande pretesse with artificial roses, and woman in striped taffeta robe, fichu, large yellow gauze chapeau tied with violet ribbon

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in a sea-green redingote with two collars, 1787

Woman in a sea-green redingote with two collars, 1787
Woman in a sea-green redingote with two collars, gauze fichu, felt hat in canary decorated with ribbons, her hair tied with a hairpin a la Cagliostro. She holds a long cane or badine

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in satin robe a la turque in violet

Woman in satin robe a la turque in violet and green stripes, canary corset, white petticoat and fichu, and a bonnet a la turque decorated with heron plumes

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in black and poppy-red outfit, 1787

Woman in black and poppy-red outfit, 1787
Woman in large black felt hat with a poppy-red ribbon, caraco jacket, violet corset, and black and poppy petticoats, white fichu and falbala, 1787

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman of Aran, Catalonia, Spanish Pyrenees, 19th century

Woman of Aran, Catalonia, Spanish Pyrenees, 19th century. She wears a kerchief over her hair braided with ribbons, fichu, wool skirt, and carries a basket and earthenware jug

Background imageFichu Collection: Young woman of Bujaruelo, Spanish Pyrenees, 19th century

Young woman of Bujaruelo, Spanish Pyrenees, 19th century
Young woman of Bujaruelo, Aragon, Spanish Pyrenees, 19th century. She wears a white kerchief tied over her long hair braided with ribbon, a red fichu, laced corset, petticoat and pleated apron

Background imageFichu Collection: Young girl of Torla, Spanish Pyrenees, 19th century

Young girl of Torla, Spanish Pyrenees, 19th century
Young girl of Torla, Aragon, Spanish Pyrenees, 19th century. She wears a black bandanna, fichu, buttoned-up waistcoat, pleated apron, and sandals tied with long ribbon laces

Background imageFichu Collection: Young girl of Bugard, French Pyrenees, 19th century

Young girl of Bugard, French Pyrenees, 19th century. She wears a Pyrenean capulet over a white cornette, wool skirt, cotton fichu and apron, and carries a earthenware vase of the region

Background imageFichu Collection: Young woman of the vallee d Aure, France, 19th century

Young woman of the vallee d Aure, France, 19th century. She wears the Pyrenean capulet or hood over her head and shoulders, fichu, apron and petticoats

Background imageFichu Collection: Milkmaid of Cauderan, Bordeaux, France, 19th century

Milkmaid of Cauderan, Bordeaux, France, 19th century
Milkmaid of Cauderan counting coins, Bordeaux, France, 19th century. She wears a tall bonnet in batiste lace covered with a Bearn fichu, check fichu, striped jacket, apron and petticoat

Background imageFichu Collection: Milkmaid of Pessac, Bordeaux, France, 19th century

Milkmaid of Pessac, Bordeaux, France, 19th century. She holds two large milk pails and a cup, wears a check bandanna, fichu, apron, and petticoat

Background imageFichu Collection: Fisherwoman of Bordeaux, France, 19th century

Fisherwoman of Bordeaux, France, 19th century. She wears a tall bonnet of fine organdy cotton for special occasions, bodice with openings at the waist to reveal the chemise, fichu, apron

Background imageFichu Collection: Peasant girl of Wurtzburg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century

Peasant girl of Wurtzburg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century
Peasant girl of the environs of Wurtzburg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century. The headband covers the elegance of the bonnet, and the fichu is bunched up around the throat

Background imageFichu Collection: Servant woman of Coburg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century

Servant woman of Coburg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century. She wears an embroidered cap, laced bodice, fichu, and pleated petticoats, and carries a bucket of water

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 19th century

Woman of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 19th century
Servant woman of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 19th century. She wears a redezilla, a headdress of silk net, a check fichu, chemise, petticoat and black apron

Background imageFichu Collection: Woman in mourning dress, Majorca, Spain, 19th century

Woman in mourning dress, Majorca, Spain, 19th century
Woman of Majorca, Spain, 19th century. She is in mourning, and wears a black cornette (veil, wimple and fichu) and long black dress

Background imageFichu Collection: Female dancer of Seville, Spain, 19th century

Female dancer of Seville, Spain, 19th century. She dances a fandango or bolero with her hair tied up in ribbons, a short bolero jacket, calf-length skirt, and castanets

Background imageFichu Collection: Servant girl of Basel, Switzerland, 19th century

Servant girl of Basel, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a tiny cap secured with a ribbon, and wears a polka dot fichu

Background imageFichu Collection: Milkmaid of Gelderland, Netherlands, 19th century

Milkmaid of Gelderland, Netherlands, 19th century. Her bonnet trimmed with lace and long ribbons to tie it. Her fichu and jacket are decorated with flowers, with check apron and striped petticoat

Background imageFichu Collection: Young Vandal girl, Lower Lusacia, Germany, 19th century

Young Vandal girl, Lower Lusacia, Germany, 19th century. She wears a traditional toquet with ruff collar and bow. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by



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