Gallery of Late-Seventeenth-Century Costume
100 Engravings
Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Antiques & Collectibles, Rugs & Textiles
| Author: | Caspar Luyken | ISBN: | 9780486168401 |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications | Publication: | February 21, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications | Language: | English |
| Author: | Caspar Luyken |
| ISBN: | 9780486168401 |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications |
| Publication: | February 21, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications |
| Language: | English |
This volume reprints the celebrated collection of costume plates created in 1694 by noted 17th-century Dutch engraver Caspar Luyken. Executed with remarkable finesse, the superb illustrations depict a wide range of social classes: royalty, courtesans, merchants, laborers, military officers, ladies, gentlemen, soldiers, and a host of other figures representing varied races and countries. (A number of the subjects were drawn in their everyday milieu.) Among the many craftworkers and professionals depicted are a carpenter, mason, tailor, wickerworker, grocer, butcher, astrologer, physician, painter, and musician. This important book will fascinate anyone interested in clothing styles of another era.
This volume reprints the celebrated collection of costume plates created in 1694 by noted 17th-century Dutch engraver Caspar Luyken. Executed with remarkable finesse, the superb illustrations depict a wide range of social classes: royalty, courtesans, merchants, laborers, military officers, ladies, gentlemen, soldiers, and a host of other figures representing varied races and countries. (A number of the subjects were drawn in their everyday milieu.) Among the many craftworkers and professionals depicted are a carpenter, mason, tailor, wickerworker, grocer, butcher, astrologer, physician, painter, and musician. This important book will fascinate anyone interested in clothing styles of another era.
