Costume of a fool, France, 16th century

Costume of a fool with fife, France, 16th century. In hood with bells, doublet with scalloped sleeves, codpiece, parti-coloured slashed breechess and hose. France, Costume de Fou. After a handcoloured woodcut in the Musee de Blois. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard from Georges Duplessis's Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris, 1867. Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard was an artist, book illustrator, and interior designer

16th Century 18th Century Bells Book Illustrator Codpiece Costumes Historiques Des Xvie Doublet Edmond Lechevallier-chevignard Fife Fool Georges Duplessis Motley Slashed Breeches

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