Category:Renaissance
The fashion history of corsets during the Renaissance
The Corset at the Renaissance. A golden time for tailors and milliners. General change of fashion.
The Ladies of Old France. The Corset and the Crinolin.
The ladies of Old France. Fashion history of the corset and the crinoline. Chapter III
Queen Elisabeth’s Lute. Rare musical instruments.
Musical instruments, historic, rare and unique.
Renata of the House of Lorraine, 16th c.
This is Renée de Lorraine, daughter of the Duke of Lorraine François I” and Christine of Danemarck.
Marguerite de Valois-Angoulême, duchesse de Berry
Marguerite de France was the fourth daughter of King Francis I of France and Claude, Duchess of Brittany
Odet de Coligny, Cardinal de Châtillon.
French Huguenot leader, Catholic prelate of the Renaissance
Claude Gouffier. French nobleman and book collector. 16th c.
He was Duc de Roannais, Marquis de Boisy, Comte de Maulévrier, Comte de Caravas, Seigneur d’Oiron, Grand Stable Master of France.
King Charles IX, Duke of Orleans as child, 16th c.
His reign was dominated by civil wars and the infamous massacre of French Protestants on St Bartholomew’s Eve.
Jeanne d’Albret Queen of Navarre. 16th century.
Jeanne d’Albret was one of the most active and influential women in France around the middle of the 16th century.
The Mignons of Henri III. of France
The Mignons of Henri III. of France put on make-up and powder, wore earrings, lace and tinsel.
