![]() ![]() For these I honestly just rely on wikisource for high res files of classic european masters stuff. ![]() These days, for my revolutionary calendar project, I’m using a lot of illustrations from the Gallica digitizations of several “Cris de Paris ” street studies, esp the ones by Vernet and Poisson, for reference of commonfolk clothing from the late 18th century and early 19th.įor 16th-17th century stuff, it’s even earsier paintings from the early modern era depict garments very realistically both in upperclass portraiture and in scenes that represent lower class people like tavern scenes and the like. I think my main hubs for design references are probably the online collection of the V&A and Gallica BNF (the online ressource of the french national library).įor medieval stuff, I like to look at digitized versions of heavily illuminated manuscript like Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry in the collection of the castle of Chantilly ( loads of colourful XVth century fashion) or the lovely Manesse Codex on the website of the Heidelberg University Library (14th century, some of these are the cutest stuff you’ve ever seen). I have a few books for napoleonic uniforms that sometimes come in handy including a few from the Men-at-Arms series of Osprey. The only physical book of that type I sometimes use is Racinet’s Costume History. ![]() When it come to character design historical references, my main sources are portraiture and contemporary illustration and I find most of it on archives or museum’s online ressources. Hello ! I’ve listed a few books that were useful to me to understand construction on historical clothing in this post, but I’ve used those books more in my little historical costuming hobbies than for design. ![]()
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