EditorialThe Buddha enthroned, with two attendants and tiered parasols. Ten Birth Tales. Thailand, 18th century. Source: Or. 14068, f.53. Language: Thai.
EditorialRoyal court room decorated with parasols, Kingdom of Siam, Thailand, circa 1800. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialFuneral procession and cortege for a king of Tonkin, Vietnam. The king's body on a palanquin with servants holding parasols and fans. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of a...
EditorialThe Buddha enthroned, with two attendants and tiered parasols. Ten Birth Tales. Thailand, 18th century. Source: Or. 14068, f.53. Language: Thai.
EditorialYusuf ‘Adil Shah of Bijapur, enthroned with the next four monarchs of Bijapur. Yusuf 'Adil Shah of Bijapur and court. Yusuf ‘Adil Shah of Bijapur (1509-11) enthroned with the next four monarchs of Bijapur, being handed the key of royal authority by...
EditorialMorning dresses. Three women wearing white dresses and holding parasols. Each wears a different type of headpiece. In fig.107, a woman wears a Dunstable open worked hat with straw bows, ribands, and tassels, tied under the chin with a narrow white riba...
EditorialThe reception of the "Ah-Haussoo-Noh-Beh", or Queen's Mouths". Groups of people gathered under a brightly coloured canopy and parasols. Dahomey and the Dahomans: being the journals of two missions to the King of Dahomey. London, 1851. Source: 10097.d.21.
EditorialRoyal court room decorated with parasols, Kingdom of Siam, Thailand, circa 1800. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialFuneral procession and cortege for a king of Tonkin, Vietnam. The king's body on a palanquin with servants holding parasols and fans. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of a...
EditorialThe King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcomes an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich, 1817. Drummers and dancers with human skulls perform in front of nobles under parasols. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancien...
EditorialLadies' fashions of the late 18th century including the shepherdess style, large bonnets, petticoats, parasols and fans. Chromolithograph from Paul Lacroix' The Eighteenth Century: Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes, London, 1876.
EditorialThe King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcoming an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich in 1817. Reception feast with dancers, drummers, horns, parasols and flags, the king seated on a gold stool. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giu...
EditorialThe King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcomes an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich, 1817. Drummers and dancers with torches perform in front of nobles under parasols and flags. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's A...