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18TH CENTURY LIVING HISTORY IN AUSTRALIA.
Showing posts with label peasant frock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peasant frock. Show all posts

Saturday, 19 January 2013

More on the French Froc/Frock

French reversible men's Frock 1750-1762.


French woman's robe. 1750-1762


I found this full image of the 18th century French peasant family.

French burial detail of peasants on the field of battle. No date. All are wearing frocks and wooden clogs. Judging by the trousers on the peasants and the bodies, I would say this is 19th century.

Wednesday, 16 January 2013

The Man's Work Frock in New France Part Two.

Seeing as I have still been unable to prove that the man's work froc was worn/used in nouvelle France, perhaps I should have titled this post "Un French Froc".  I guess these posts are to prove that the froc/frock did indeed exist in France, and that what one sees in paintings is NOT an undershirt being worn as outerwear, as has been suggested to me. So here are some more images. Some are 17th century, others 19th century, but I think we can safely assume that if they existed in these two time periods, then they also existed in the 18th century.

By Le Nain. 17th century.

19th century engraving of a French peasant. Note the wooden clogs.

French peasants 1859. By Hermogenes Calderon .

By one of the Le Nain brothers, 17th century.

French peasants dancing outside an inn. By David Tenniers 1649.

Detail from the above painting.