Recherches sur les costumes, les moeurs, les usages religieux, civils et militaires des anciens peuples : [Volume 3] / par J. Mailliot, ... publié par P. Martin

Malliot, J. (Joseph), 1735-1808. · 1809 · Paris : P. Didot l'Ainé · 77 pictures

A 1809 Paris study of historical costume and customs by J. Mailliot, published by P. Didot l'Ainé, covering French dress from the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries. The plates are numbered engravings of kings, queens, nobles and officers, drawn in outline with captions naming each figure. A designer could take from them the layered robes, mantles, crowns and armour of medieval French court dress, shown in clean line for reuse in costume or period illustration.

Costume -- History · Manners and customs · Costume -- France

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