King Charles IX of France. In black velvet hat with white plumes, black hair unpowdered, beard a l'escopette. Lace ruff collar, blue sash, gold chain, black velvet cape, satin doublet and breeches decorated with gold braid, silk hose, satin shoes. Catherine de Medicis. Velvet or satin hat, gold chain, gauze ruff collar, black velvet cape, black velvet gown with gold braid. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Jean-Antoine le Brun or Lebrun-Tossa’s Journal de la Mode et du Gout, previously Cabinet des Modes, Chez Buisson, Paris, and Joseph le Boffe, London, 1790.

---

Size: 6285px × 5391px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1790, beard, beauty, belle, blue, boffe, braid, breeches, brun, buisson, cabinet, cape, catherine, chain, charles, chez, clothes, collar, copperplate, costume, dandy, de, des, design, doublet, du, engraving, fashion, fop, france, french, gauze, gold, gout, gown, hair, handcoloured, hat, history, hose, ix, jean-antoine, joseph, journal, king, la, lace, le, lebrun-tossa, lescopette, london, man, march, medicis, mode, modes, paris, plumes, revolution, revolutionary, royalty, ruff, sash, satin, shoes, silk, style, unpowdered, velvet