Peasants of Cheb, Bohemia, in summer dress, 18th century

Peasants of Cheb or Eger, Bohemia (Czech Republic), in summer dress, 18th century. She wears a kerchief tied on her head, sleeveless bodice, petticoat, blue apron. Paysans d'Egra en habit d'ete. 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 Bohemia Cheb Costumes Des Etats De Lempereur Czech Republic Eger Ethnography Folk Costume J-b. Eyries Jean-baptiste Eyries Lautriche Librairie De Gide Fils Manners And Mores Of The Austrians Moeurs Et Usages Des Autrichiens Peasants Petticoat Summer Dress Traditional Costume Translator William Alexander

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