vivelareine: A vintage engraving of the princesse de Lamballe source: my scan

vivelareine:

A vintage engraving of the princesse de Lamballe

source: my scan

treselegant: Family Friend, 1863.

treselegant:

Family Friend, 1863.

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moniledebeaute: Portrait de l’actrice Rachel, par Henri Grévedon, 1838. BnF.

moniledebeaute:

Portrait de l’actrice Rachel, par Henri Grévedon, 1838. BnF.

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arkhangelskoye: Drawing of Marie Antoinette, about 1785, ink and color on paper

arkhangelskoye:

Drawing of Marie Antoinette, about 1785, ink and color on paper

Mrs James Denham by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1789

Mrs James Denham by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1789

c. 1763

c. 1763

The daughters of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein, 1526

The daughters of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein, 1526

Advertisement from Grands magasins au printemps Paris, Winter 1909-1910. I love the dots on the corset in the upper left and the cameo lace on the bottom left corset!

Advertisement from Grands magasins au printemps Paris, Winter 1909-1910.

I love the dots on the corset in the upper left and the cameo lace on the bottom left corset!

Because I’m practicing my figure drawing, let’s play NAME THAT DRESS! Do you know which dress this is?

Because I’m practicing my figure drawing, let’s play NAME THAT DRESS!

Do you know which dress this is?

Posted for my co-moderator, here is a satire of a shop selling rump rolls from the book The History of Underclothes. Though satires are exaggerated, it still gives a nice idea of what late eighteenth century rump rolls looked like!

Posted for my co-moderator, here is a satire of a shop selling rump rolls from the book The History of Underclothes. Though satires are exaggerated, it still gives a nice idea of what late eighteenth century rump rolls looked like!


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