lluminated manuscript of God

clothing Adam and Eve, c. 1250

Aleutian chief’s hunting parka and

hat, c. 1820-45

Oldest surviving clothing: Tarkhan

dress, linen, c. 2800 BCE

Venus” from Willendorf,

Austria. c. 24,000 BCE

The world’s oldest leather

shoe, c. 2700 BCE,

from Armenia

Sioux, shirt for Chief's War

Dress, 19th century.

Pony

beads, porcupine quills,

buckskin, plant fibre, human

hair, horsehair, dye, feather

George Caitlin,

Comanche Village:

Women Dressing

Robes and Drying

Meat, c. 1834

Rain cape, 1930-50,

China. Rice straw

and cotton with bast

fibre; wrapped and

hand-sewn

Cotton woven and twined textile,

Huaca Prieta, Peru, c. 2500 BCE

Beaded and twined bag,

Mesquakie, c.1890

Cherchen Man, a

mummy found near

Cherchen, Tarim

Basin, China, c. 1800-

1500 BCE

Child’s tunic, wool, c.

500-300 BCE, from a

Tarim Basin tomb

Felt peaked cap and nalbound

beret: two of ten hats found in

the tomb of the Cherchen Man

mummy, c. 1800-1500 BCE

Sarong, Indonesia, early 20th C. Cotton,

silver

Linen collar from the

tomb of

Tutankhamun,

Thebes, Egypt, New

Dynasty, c. 1336-1327

BCE. Embroidered

with papyrus, olive

leaves, persea leaves,

nightshade berries,

celery (?), and faience

Sumerian Queen Puabi’s headdress

and jewellery of gold with lapis lazuli

and carnelians from the

Royal Tombs at Ur, c. 2800 BCE

Egyptian Linen Chest from

the tomb of Hatnofer and

Ramose, western Thebes,

Sumerian votive figure,

c. 3500-2500 BCE,

wearing a kaunakes

Detail of a tomb mural of the sculptor Apuy and his wife

receiving an offering, New Kingdom, c. 1350-1190 BCE

Linen dress. Egypt, Old

Kingdom, c. 2686-2181 BCE

Harvest scenes, facsimile tempera painting of a wall painting from

the Tomb of Menna, Thebes, New Kingdom, c. 1400-1352 BCE

Ka statue of King Tutankhamen, New Kingdom, late 18th to early 19th

Dynasty, c. 1350 and

1190 BCE

Beadnet dress,

faience, Old

Kingdom,

c. 2550 BCE

Nefertiti by

Thutmose. All New Kingdom, c. 1350 BCE

Glass scent bottle in the form of

a bolti fish and kohl tube in the form of a

palm column.

All New Kingdom, c. 1350 BCE

Gold wig rings

of princess

Sithathoryunet,

Middle

Kingdom,

c. 1877 BCE

Faience broad collar, New Kingdom,

c. 1370- 1425 BCE

Detail of mural from Nebamun’s tomb,

Thebes, 18th Dynasty, c. 1350 BCE

Winged Scarab and Falcon (Ra),

pectorals from the tomb of

Tutankhamun, gold with cloisonné

of semi-precious stones (carnelians,

turquoises, lapis lazuli), feldspar and

calcite, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty,

c. 1350 BCE

Ancient Egyptian scarab swivel rings that functioned as

seals and amulets (British Museum)

Minoan Ladies of the Court fresco

from the Palace at Knossos,

Crete, c. 1600 BCE

Minoan Snake Goddess, c. 1550 BCE

Procession fresco of men worshipping a

goddess, Palace at Knossos, Crete, 1700-

1400 BCE

Woman with a Pyxis, reconstructed fresco detail from the

Palace at Tiryns, Mycenae, c.

Prince of the Lilies

fresco from Palace at Knossos, Crete, Minoan, c. 1550 BCE

Minoan pendant and seal

(intaglio) ring, gold, 1800-1700

BCE

Battle in the Glen seal ring,

gold,, from Shaft Graves IV and

V, Mycenae, c. 1550 BCE

Marriage of Mars and Venus, fresco from the

House of M. Lucretius Fronto, Pompeii, CE 79

Kore and reconstruction from an

Athenian cemetery, Greek, c. 530 BCE

Stela of Athena, marble, Chiton, Greek

c. 470-460 BCE

A sculpture of a

woman wearing a

himation, Greek, c. 300

BCE

Young Man wearing a Exomis, copy after a Greek

original of the 4th C. BCE

Diomedes wearing a chlamys , Greek c. 400 BCE

The Goddess Eirene wearing a peplos, Greek c. 370 BCE

Etruscan tomb paintings

showing different styles of tebenna, all

after mid-6th C. BCE

Augustus of Prima Porta, 19

BCE. In addition to his cuirass

and tunic, roman he wears a pallium

olive wreath; and

earrings from the Kyme Treasure,

Greek, all 3rd-2nd C. BCE

Herakles knot armlet with garnets

and emeralds

Greek, all 3rd-2nd C. BCE

Byzantine icon of

Constantine the Great

and his mother, Helena

of Constantinople

Coptic linen tunic decorated

with appliquéd wool tapestry

clavi and segmentae

Griffin silk, Imperial workshop,

Byzantium, 10th-11th C., Sion

Cathedral Treasury, Cologne

Detail of a mosaic of Emperor

Constantine IX example of a Lorem, Hagia Sophia,

Istanbul, c. 1000-1055

Crown of Byzantine Emperor Leo VI,

gold, cloisonné enamel, pearls, late

9th Century;

Masons at Work, detail

of an illuminated

manuscript page, With cotes and coifs

c.1250

Mail shirt called a hauberk

and plate armor, 15th C.

Li livres dou

santé, c. 1285

Cote ans sucote, cote and cape, matle

Court of the Duke of

Berry: Limbourg

Brothers, detail of

January from the Très

Riches Heures, France,

c.1415

Tapestry detail

of Honor Making

a Chaplet of

Roses shows a Huke, South

Netherlandish, 

c. 1425

Doublet (Pourpoint) of Charles

of Blois, mid to late 14th C.

Robert Campin, Portrait of a Woman, 1435;

Maria Portinari,

c.1470; from the atelier of Rogier van der Weyden,

Medival

Maria Portinari,

c.1470; from the atelier of Rogier van der Weyden,

Medival

Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of a Young Woman (Simonetta

Vespucci?), 1480-85; Renaissance

Charity Pendant, Guteburg Revolution gold en

ronde bosse enamel with

gems and pearls, c. 1570

Francesco Negroli and his brothers, Armor

of Henry of France Example of damascened steel , steel, silver, and gold, Renaissance

Milan, c. 1540.

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Renaissance, Portrait of a Girl, c.

1490

Agnolo Bronzino, Eleanora of Toledo, c. 1545 Example of 

gold thread velvet

Lorenzo de’Medici from Botticelli’s Adoration

of the Magi, c. 1475

Piero della Francesca, example of a camica detail

from the Legend of the True

Cross fresco series, Basilica

of San Francesco, Arezzo,

Italy, 1450s

Piero della Francesca,

detail from the Legend of

the True Cross

fresco series, Basilica of

San Francesco, Arezzo,

Italian Renaissance, 1450s

Leonardo da Vinci, La Belle Ferrionière, Italian Renaissance c.

1490;

Ambrogio de Predis, Bianca Maria example of cauls, Italian Renaissance

Sforza, 1493

Prophylactic pendant (front

and back). Peridot, garnet,

enameled gold with

sapphire drop, English,

1540-60

Carpaccio, Two Venetian Women, example of chopines, Italian Renaissance 1510

Giovanni Cariani, Portrait of a Venetian Woman, example of a stomacher

Italian Renaissance c. 1530

Woman’s breeches, Venice,

second half of the 16th C.

Linen, embroidered with the

words “voglio il core” or “I

want the heart”, Italian Renaissance

Lucas Cranach the Elder,

Henry, Duke of Saxony,

and his wife, Katarina of

Mecklenburg, c.1500

Silk knit breeches of Prince-Elector

Augustus of Saxony, 1552-55, German 

Agnolo Bronzino, Eleonora of Toledo and her son Giovanni, c.

1545. Spanish

Sofonisba Anguissola, Don

Carlos of Spain, 1560, example of trunk hose, and Spanish fashion

Isabel de Valois, c. 1561-65

Example of a Ropa, Spanish Fashion

Alessandro Allori, Lucretia

d’Este, c. 1560

Example of Aiglettes, Spanish fashion

Antonis Mor, Infanta Maria

of Spain, 1551

Spanish Fathingale, Cones Shaped, Spanish 

Red satin doublet and trunk hose worn

by Don Garcia de’ Medici, 1562

Peascod Belly, Spanish

Marcus Gheetaerts the

Younger, Queen Elizabeth I,

c. 1592

Example of bum roll, farthingale, stomacher, puffed sleeves and ruff, 

Martin van Meytens,

Marie Antoinette, c. 1769

Baroque and Rococo

Anthony Van Dyck,

Queen Henrietta with

Jeffrey Hudson, 1633

Baroque

Queen Elizabeth of France (wife of Philip IV), c. 1620

Spanish court influence, baroque

Studio of Anthony van Dyck, Prince Rupert, c. 1637

example of a cavalier, Baroque and Rococo

Edward Bower, John Pym, 1640

Example of a puritan, Baroque and Rococo

Anthony Van Dyck, Sir John and Bernard Stuart, c. 1638

example of a cavalier, baroque and rococo 

Queen Henrietta, 1636-7 anthony van dyck

example of a virago sleeve, baroque

Henri Bonnart,

Monsieur le Duc de

Vendosme, dressed

print, c. 1685-90

example of surtout, baroque and rococo

Anonymous, Eleanor James, c.1690

Example of mantua, fontage and commode, baroque and rococo

Silk robe volante, France, c. 1730

Baroque and rococo

robe à la française, c. 1770

baroque and rococo

robe à l’anglaise, c.1770

baroque and rococo

English stays and panniers

over a chemise, c. 1780

Baroque and rococo

velvet and silver embroidered

ditto suit and a silk brocade

robe à la française with metal

thread, 1760

baroque and rococo

Man’s hunting jacket, chamois, c. 1760

Baroque and rococo