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Les parures primitives : avec une introduction sur les temps préhistoriques

Cocheris, P. (Pauline Augustine Wagrez), b. 1830 · 1894 · Paris : Librairie Furne, Jouvet & Cie, éditeurs · 16 pictures

A French illustrated study of primitive personal adornment, written by Pauline Cocheris and published in Paris in 1894 by Librairie Furne, Jouvet & Cie, with an introduction on prehistoric times. The engravings show non-European figures in feathered headdresses, body paint, shields, and fur or leaf costume, with captions in French. A designer could draw from their linear hatching and crisp outlines for ethnographic costume, tribal ornament, or vintage line-art subjects.

Costume -- History -- To 500

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