Florentine Costumes, and Post-Card Art of Florence, Paper Dolls

Decor Prints

Medici

Visit my Renaissance and Roman Costume page, too (with online seller links)

Santa Maria Novella

Abito dei contadini (Peasant Costumes)

There is a wonderful book about the customs of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance that includes many images, and tons of curious information.

It is available to read on-line via Gutenberg Press, for free.

Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages, and During the Renaissance Period.

By Paul Lacroix
(Bibliophile Jacob),
Curator of the Imperial Library of the Arsenal, Paris.

Illustrated with
Nineteen Chromolithographic Prints by F. Kellerhoven
and upwards of
Four Hundred Engravings on Wood

Florentine Costumes

Artist Antonio Bici produced some very clean representations of very happy Tuscan peasants as shown in the left column and below.

They are available from AllPosters.com. Just click on the title to link through to the collection where you can see sizes and prices.

If you are interested in historical costumes, The Costumer's Manifesto site is the bible. They offer great descriptions of:

And if you have or know children, they may enjoy a Paper Doll Series of costumes available from Amazon.com. They all cost under 6$. See the titles I've collected in the left column.

Paper Doll Costume Collections

Believe it or not, there is a whole series of Paper Dolls with various costumes, for children (supposedly!), from Amazon.com. Here are a few...

Post-Card Art

In the days before cameras became common-place items in a tourist's bag, visitors to towns would purchase picture post-cards as remembrances of their journey.

The cards were reproductions of drawings, with colors added. To the modern eye, the effect is charmingly nostalgic of the 'Grand Tour' era of travel.

The prints in the left column and below are made from picture post-cards and are sold in various sizes, but are all relatively inexpensive. They click through to their page at AllPosters.com where you can see the sizes and prices.

Check out my Framed Prints Page for ideas about how to display them in your home.

Palazzo Vecchio

Bell Tower

Il Ponte Vecchio

Santa Maria Novella

Loggia dei Lanzi

Vintage Florence at AllPosters.com

Abito dei contadini (Peasant Costumes)

Abito dei contadini di Masiano (Masaiano Peasant Costumes)

Abito delle contadine (Peasant Women Costumes)

Abito dei contadini di Montale (Montale Peasant Costumes)

Antonio Bici Prints at Allposters.com

Or use this search box to look for 'costumes' or 'antonio bici' or 'renaissance prints'...

Visit my Renaissance and Roman Costumes page (with links to online shops)

Visit my Carnevale page, for more costumes

Visit my Paintings of Rome Page

Visit my Venetian Paintings Page

Click on the logo to an incredibly rich fashion history site: Fashion Era.com.