Posts tagged hairstyle
Hats from History
Mrs. James Duane (1738-1821) by Ralph Earl, 1787. Via the New York Historical Society.
“Mary Livingston, the daughter of Robert Livingston, Jr., the third Lord of Livingston Manor, was married to James Duane on October 21, 1759. This portrait, although reversed, is virtually identical to Earl’s painting of Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, now in the Museum of the City of New York. Both portraits were apparently completed while Earl was in debtor’s prison in New York.”
Is anyone else totally in love with the idea of Ralph Earl painting this amazing portrait from Debtor’s Prison?
Johanna Henriette Engelen
1826
Alexandre Jean Dubois Drahonet
1826 Hair: Presented without comment.
La Reunion, 1827.
Another example of one of my favorite accessories: the hairstyle (and hat) piercing arrow!
(And I’ll say it again: WHAT IS UP WITCHOO LATE-1820s-HAIR?)
18th Century Fashion Plate featuring la pouf
in Caroline Weber’s Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution
Makes my neck tired just looking at it!
I was just looking at a painting that featured this strange little accessory yesterday!
Lady’s Magazine, August 1834.
Look at the little arrows through their buns <3
These were definitely a fad in the early part of the 19th century- I love them!
“Morticia Addams could not have dreamed of a more appropriate comb. This mantilla spiderweb was designed by Clément Joyard, c. 1910. He, along with Bonaz, Léon Arbez-Carme, and Marius Camet, were among the famous designers who had their combs made in the celluloid factories of France’s Oyonnax Valley.”
WANT
Various ancient hairstyles
Canopic Jar Lid, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, late reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1340–1336 B.C.
Egyptian; From KV55, Valley of the Kings, western Thebes
Egyptian alabaster with glass and stone inlays
Egyptian wigs are always something I’ve found fascinating. This is a really lovely representation of one in a pretty stunning medium! ALABASTER!
Plate from the Diderot Enciclopedie.
Chikanobu Toyohara, Hairstyles of the Meiji Period, 1880s. (via flickr)
Reliquary Bust of a Female Saint, ca. 1520–30
Oak, paint, gilt Overall: 16 11/16 x 12 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (42.4 x 32.4 x 15.9 cm)The Cloisters CollectionThe Met
This is very, very cool. What a nice reference for her hairstyle!
Bust of Juliette Récamier (back view) ~ Joseph Chinard, c.1801-2 (J. Paul Getty Museum)
Oh look how beautifully he executed her hair! What a talent. I’m also posting this because you can see the back of her bandeau tucked in and her GORGEOUS comb!
Here’s the front:
Gallerie des Modes, 1780.
Cute little fluffy hats and even cuter fluffy hairstyles!
Beauty’s Lot, English, 1778
(Source: telemachus)
La Duchesse de Berry by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, 1828.
What a gorgeous, gorgeous portrait!
