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German Costume Early C15Men: garments with hanging sleeves worn under armour, chaperon with liripipe. Woman: houppelande (gown) with hanging sleeves, ermine borders, a rosary & a barbette Date: early 15th century
English Costume C15ThMen: cap with turned up brim, chaperon with liripipe, hose, short houppelandes ( one with dagged sleeves). Woman: fur- trimmed gown, hanging sleeves, high-crowned bonnet headdress Date: 15th century
German Noblewomen C15ThGerman ladies of rank: gown with deep fur hem & falling collar over an ornate kirtle. A loose belt is worn. Or a gown with a square neckline, wide funnel sleeves & girdle. Date: late 15th century
German Ladies 1425Kirtles with trains worn with a houppelande with funnel sleeves which hang in loose folds or a short gown with fitted bodice & a dagged ? mantle & girdle. Date: 1425
German Dress C14ThWoman: goffered veil & wimple, kirtle with buttoned sleeves, loose fitting gown, girdle & pouch. Man: dagged cape, gipon (doublet), girdle, piked shoes & hat with an up-turned brim. Date: 14th century
English Costume C14ThWoman: mantle, sideless surcoat, wimple & goffered veil. Men: gipon, girdle & pouch, parti-coloured hose, piked shoes, cap with up- turned brim, armour. Date: 14th century
English Costume 1400Man: buskins, doublet with sleeve apertures, pouch & dagger, brimless hat. Women: cote-hardie, ermine trimmed sideless surcoat, houppelande Headdresses: horned, padded V Date: 1400
Merchant & Wife 1590A London merchant wears a fur- lined gown with hanging sleeves, cut-fingered pumps & a low-crowned hat. His wife wears a tall crowned copotain hat, yellow kirtle & pink gown Date: 1590
Royal Costume 1566Man: jewel-encrusted trunk hose with panes & bombast padding, doublet & cloak. Woman: tight bodice, large under-sleeves, deep fur cuffs, ornate petticoat. Date: 1566
North German CostumeTownspeople of Northern Germany. The men wear baggy breeches (? Galligaskins), short cloaks, doublets & hats with moderately tall crowns. The woman wears a mantle & apron. Date: 1590
Lady & Messengers 1560SMen: doublets, large sleeves with panes & bows, voluminous hose & canions with bows at the knees, or buskins & spurs. Noblewoman: ornate petticoat, feather fan. Date: late 1560s
Court Dress C16ThMan: trunk hose with panes & padded with bombast, doublet, cod-piece, cloak, flat cap & feather, cut-fingered pumps. Woman: sleeves with deep fur cuffs, Spanish farthingale. Date: mid 16th century
Cavalrymen & Lady 1560German cavalrymen wearing armour & chainmail, long buskins with turn-over tops, copotain hat, breeches with large bows. Woman: slashed sleeves, embroidered hem. Date: 1560
French Court Dress C16ThMan: trunk hose with panes & padded with bombast, doublet, cod-piece, cloak, flat cap & feather, ermine lined gown. Woman: bodice & skirt fastens down the front with bows. Date: mid 16th century
English Costume C16ThEnglish costume. Merchant: flat cap, embroidered fur- trimmed gown; Cavalier: copotain hat, doublet with slashing & cloak. Lady: ruff with supportasse & farthingale. Date: 16th century
German Costume C. 1515German townspeople of the early 16th century. Their sleeves are decorated with panes (form of slashing). Note the ladys purse suspended from a girdle. Date: circa 1515
German Prince & PrincessGerman Prince and Princess of the early 16th century. He wears full armour - the helmet is profusely ornamented with ostrich plumes. Date: circa 1515
German Costume C. 1515German townspeople of the early 16th century. He wears a sleeveless gown possibly with a fur collar & his gathered shirt front is visible. The ladys sleeves have panes Date: circa 1515
German Costume C. 1515A German couple of the early 16th century. Man: armour, shield, buskins (boots) & hose. Woman: the sleeves of her gown are slashed at the elbow. N.B hanging sleeves. Date: circa 1515
Burgundian Dress C. 1450Hat with burlet, doublet with puffed over-sleeves, jerkins (jackets) with pleats or ermine trimmed & with hanging sleeves, hose & piked shoes (cracowes) or piked buskins. Date: circa 1450
Frenchmen of 1470Short fur-lined jerkin (jacket) with hanging sleeves, hose, piked shoes (cracowes), long gowns - one with dagged sleeves, small round caps & hats & a chaperon with liripipe Date: 1470
French Nobles of C15ThFur-lined and edged houppelandes or gowns with hanging sleeves worn over doublets, a pouch or bag suspended from a belt & hats with burlets. Date: circa 1425
German Huntsmen C16ThClothing worn by German hunters. Many of the garments, doublets, hose, even caps, are paned - a form of decorative slashing. Date: circa 1515
Pavement ArtistA pavement artist on the Thames Embankment, London, attracts a crowd of curious spectators. Date: circa 1905
German Costume C. 1615Men: doublet with tabbed border, high standing collar, voluminous hose or breeches, shoes with roses, cloak, ruff. Woman: bodice & over-skirt hitched up to reveal petticoat Date: circa 1615
English Costume 1620Man: doublet with overlapping, pointed tabs, cloak, shoes with roses, transitional collar between ruff & falling band. Woman: ruff, bodice with pointed waist, triple cuffs. Date: 1620
English Costume 1675-80Woman: simple, yet elegant gown with ornamented bodice & long cloak. Men: lace falling collar or cravat, vests which replaced doublets, fur- lined coat with half sleeves. Date: 1675 - 1680
Men / Strasbourg CostumeTwo men of Strasbourg wearing the new vests after the Persian mode as introduced by Charles II of England, cravats & cloak like outer garments with slashed sleeves. Date: 1670
German Costume C. 1650Farmer: doublet, bag attached to his belt. Gentleman: lace edged falling band (collar), cloak with cape collar, doublet with pointed front. Woman: elaborate petticoat. Date: circa 1650
C17th Dutch CostumeMan: doublet with rosette trim, short cape, breeches with rosettes at the knee, shoes with roses. Woman: decollete gown with a double skirt & petticoat. Date: mid 17th century
Racial Types / Dutch 1640Dutch women including a housewife wearing ruffs which continued to be fashionable in the Netherlands after other European countries had ceased wearing them. Date: 1640
Racial Types FranceStrasbourg costumes including a bride: skirts with gathered yokes, bodices pointed borders, ornate stomachers, large lace hat or close- fitting cap or toque. Date: 1670 - 1690
Racial Types / FranceStrasbourg costume: mourning dress with starched, white cap; winter clothes including a fur tippet or scarf & large hats; skirts with gathered yokes & decorative stomachers. Date: 1670
Stylised Art Nouv PlantStylised plant in the Jugendstil manner. Date: 1904
Cornstalk AbstractMaybe they are meant to be ears of corn, but who cares - this is a splendid jugendstil motif, restrained yet full of impact. Date: 1904
London Ladies of C. 1560Mid century English costume: richly embroidered dresses & gowns with short, padded sleeves which allow the under- sleeve to be seen, plus ruffs & matching cuffs. Date: circa 1560
Italian Ladies C. 1560Some examples of clothing worn by Italian ladies of Rome and Sienna around the middle of the 16th century. Note the rigid busk of the blue costume. Date: circa 1560
German Nobles C. 1515The clothing of early 15th century, German noblewomen. Date: circa 1515
Female Londoners 1590The clothing of London women of various social classes including a servant. All three wear ruffs. The 3rd woman is taken from " Descriptions of England". Date: 1590
French Court Dress C1520French court dress: paned & bombasted trunk-hose, cod- piece, doublet & jerkin with fur-collar & wings, gown, ruff, ermine cape & cut- fingered pumps. Date: mid 16th century
Costume / Asia MinorANCIENT ASIA MINOR Protective clothing and weaponry of Warriors and the elaborately patterned clothing of man and a woman of rank. Date: B.C
Ancient Assyrian CostumeANCIENT ASSYRIA Clothing and jewellery worn by Ancient Assyrians. Date: B.C
Costume / Townsfolk 1796A working class woman wears a buffont, a checked apron over a quilted petticoat & skirt draped to create a polonaise. The man wears a bicorne hat & short boots. Date: 1796
Snowflakes (Wegener)Snow personified, by the incomparable Danish artist Gerda Wegener. Date: 1919
German Officials 1670German professionals (possibly legal dress): full-bottomed wigs, hats with cocked brims, coats with deep turned back cuffs like boot-cuffs, cloaks. Date: 1670
German Nobles Circa 1650German nobles: bucket-top boots & boot hose tops or shoes with roses, ruff or lace falling collars, doublet with pointed front, side fastening breeches, Brandenburg coat. Date: 1650s
French Cavaliers C17ThThe costume of French Cavaliers include: doublets, ruffs, trunk-hose, capes, cocked hats with feathers & very high boots reaching above the knees with tabbed tops. Date: early 17th century
WOMENs COSTUME 1789-90Ladies wearing pelerines, a buffont, fur tippet & matching muff, hats including a large mob cap & gowns with open fronts revealing waistcoats & petticoats. Date: 1789 -1790