The library contains one of the largest bound collections of 17th-century French fashion prints in the world. Avidon, a PhD researcher at Christ’s College, Cambridge, focuses on two of its ...

In 17th-century France, red dye was expensive ... returned to England dressed in French fashion, including large wigs. Age Fotostock Louis XIV’s taste in wigs spread well beyond France, reaching ...

A series of French fashion engravings reveal how Samuel ... It included one of the largest bound collections of late 17th Century fashion prints in the world, eight of which are being published ...