Croatian women, 18th century

Costume of Croatian women, 18th century. One wears a white veil with red border and fringe, striped oval apron, red stockings and yellow shoes. The other wears her hair uncovered, oval apron and sandals. Femmes de Croatie. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries L'Autriche: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Autrichiens, Austria: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Austrians, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1823. Jean-Baptiste Eyries - (1767-1846) was a - French - geographer, author and translator

 geographer 18th Century Bertrand De Molleville Costumes Des Etats De Lempereur Croatia Croats Ethnography Folk Costume Fringe J-b. Eyries Jean-baptiste Eyries Lautriche Librairie De Gide Fils Manners And Mores Of The Austrians Moeurs Et Usages Des Autrichiens Sandals Slavic Stripe Traditional Costume Translator William Alexander Yellow Shoes

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