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Twilight of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and Their Friends Through the Great War (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014) online. Rudorff, Raymond. Belle Epoque: Paris in the 1890s (Hamish Hamilton, 1972). Wires, Richard. "Paris: La Belle Époque". Conspectus of History 1.4 (1977): 60–72.
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Lucy acquired her love of fashion through dressing her collection of dolls, by studying gowns worn by women in family paintings, and by later making clothes for herself and Elinor. [4] Returning to Jersey, after a visit to relatives in England in 1875, Lucy and Elinor survived the wreck of their ship when it ran aground in a gale.
The association of France with fashion and style (la mode) is widely credited as beginning during the reign of Louis XIV [5] when the luxury goods industries in France came increasingly under royal control and the French royal court became, arguably, the arbiter of taste and style in Europe.
Articles relating to the Belle Époque (Beautiful Epoch, c. 1871-1914), a period of French and European history. Occurring during the era of the Third French Republic, it was a period characterised by optimism, regional peace, economic prosperity, colonial expansion, and technological, scientific, and cultural innovations.
The Adventures of a Dutch Doll, by Nora Pitt-Taylor, pictured by Gladys Hall. [70] Rag dolls have featured in a number of children's stories, such as the 19th century character Golliwogg in The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg by Bertha Upton and Florence K. Upton [71] and Raggedy Ann in the books by Johnny Gruelle, first published ...
History of fashion design refers specifically to the development of the purpose and intention behind garments, shoes, accessories, and their design and construction. The modern industry, based around firms or fashion houses run by individual designers, started in the 19th century with Charles Frederick Worth who, beginning in 1858, was the ...
Flora Gill Jacobs' first book, A History of Dolls’ Houses, was published in 1953. [14] Both collectors opened museums dedicated to dolls houses, the Rotunda (1962-1998) in Oxford, England, and the Washington Dolls’ House & Toy Museum (1975-2004), [15] in Washington D.C., US.