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FLO4644168: Superb sword hilt from the mid-16th century. Guard and pommel in black iron decorated with gold and silver figures, grip with mesh of gold wire in a feather pattern. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4686092: Gentleman, reign of Charles IX, 1572. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Gaignieres from the Pauquet Brothers' “” Modes et Costumes Historique” (Historical Fashions and Costumes), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4685861: Baron and baroness, reign of Charles VIII, 1493. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after a contemporary manuscript from the Pauquet Brothers' “” Modes et Costumes Historique” (Historical Fashions and Costumes), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4643831: Knight in armor with shield decorates his coat of arms and his wife has his sides, wearing a high headdress, 1410-1460 - From the Museum of Drawings and Engraving Dresden (Germany) - Chromolithography, drawing by Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903), for his work “Costumes, crafts and instruments from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century””, published by Heinrich Keller, Frankfurt, 1883 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4643765: Knight in armor 15th century, with details of the bindings on the knees and elbows - Tombstone of Peter von Stettenberg, died 1441 - Chromolithography, drawing by Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903), for his book “Costumes, crafts and instruments from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century”, published by Heinrich Knights Eller, Frankfurt, 1883 / Bridgeman Images