Artists, historians, and art lovers will appreciate this lavish idea book, and interior designers and patternmakers will be delighted that all of the ornamental designs dating from medieval times through the 19th century which may be used and reproduced...
Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet's le costume historique was the most wide-ranging and intelligent study of clothing ever published. Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through...