#first empire

[fashionsfromhistory]

Court Suit

c.1810

France

This three piece suit is exemplary of skilled French embroidery and the silhouette of men's court wear during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Bonaparte revived the importance of court traditions when he crowned himself Emperor in 1804. This revival necessitated the recreation of acceptable court dress, which had been defunct since the elaborate and costly court of Louis XVI (1754-1793) prior to the French Revolution. The intricate embroidery pattern is intriguingly mimicked between the waistcoat and coat, reinforcing its status as a full suit. (The MET)

The MET (Accession Number: 2009.300.1001a–c)

#court suit #menswear #mens fashion #1810s #empire #19th century #purple #floral #embroidery #france #first empire #napoleon #1810 #silk #the met #popular

[robespapier]

Went to a small exhibition at the Musée du Chablais in Thonon-Les-Bains about the three first Empire generals from the area (Joseph-Marie Dessaix, Amé-Pierre Chastel and Pierre-Louis Dupas) and at the end of the exhibit they had tables and chairs with Who's who games, Empire edition 🤭

#napoleon #first empire #too bad I don't know much about the empire and was with a friend who didn't care this looked fun to play #we should do a frev version!!!!

[empirearchives]

View from Grassi's Villa toward the Plauensche Grund near Dresden, by Karl Ludwig Kaaz, 1807

#Karl Ludwig Kaaz #1807 #german art #dresden #napoleonic era #19th century #empire #first empire #art #pretty #histpry #historical art #window #view #classical #classics #neoclassicism #romanticism #napoleonic era art #kaaz #grassi

[awallofswords]

First sword delivery of 2023 has finally arrived. Not my first purchase this year but the first to reach me.

The top sword is a large and heavy French First Empire era cuirassier officers sabre with the ‘Garde de Bataille’ hilt. The blade is is marked with the Solingen Rose on the spine and retains a small amount of etching. Unfortunately it’s missing its’ scabbard and I will try and get a reproduction one made for it.  The second is a French light cavalry officers sabre with the ‘Cote de Melon’ style hilt. This one is likely from the First Republic era. It has a very stout blade that is proportional to one on a troopers’ sabre. Again the blade was made in Solingen and features the typical talismanic engraving typical of the late 18th Century. 

A comparison of the French light and heavy cavalry swords to their British contemporaries of the era. 

#Swords #Sabres #Antiques #International Arms dealing #Heavy Cavalry #Light Cavalry #cuirassiers #French Army #First Empire #First Republic #Antique weapons #Napoleonic era #Napoleonic wars #Georgian Era #garde de bataille #Cote de melon #1796 Pattern

[blue-and-gilt]

Referred to as the ‘Côtes de Melon’, after the distinctive pommel shaped like the ‘ribs of the melon’. This sabre style gained popularity among French officers from about 1800 and remained in use until the introduction of the model 1821 infantry and 1822 cavalry sabres during the Restoration era. 

Aside from the pommel, the type is distinguished by the simple stirrup hilt with langets and a single quillion. The grips are made from hardwood and can be checkered or have longitudinal groves. Often the knuckle guard has a stylised olive decorative feature. Swords belonging to superior officers would have been silver-plated. 

The swords of mounted or cavalry officers can be identified by their length and dual suspension rings on the scabbard. Superior officers typically had ornate metal scabbards, while infantry officers preferred shorter sabres with a frog stud for use with the cross-belt.

An officer of one of the light cavalry regiments most likely owned this sabre. The blade is particularly large and sturdy, plus the scabbard has dual suspension rings. The blade is decorated in the typical oriental fashion of the late 18th Century with faux Islamic / cabalistic script and an ‘Ottoman’s head’. There is a lovely Solingen rose on the blade's spine but no other identifying manufacturer's marks.

The simple ‘baguette’ shaped langets, blade decorations and plain knuckle guard may indicate that this is an early example of the type, or that it was used by an officer of another nation, imitating French fashion.

Overall Length: 965 mm

Blade Length: 825 mm

Grip Length: 130 mm

Inside Grip Length: 110 mm

Sword Weight: 800 grams

Total Weight: 1050 grams

Point of Balance: 180 mm

Curve: 37 mm

#Sword #Sabre #côtes de melon #French #French Army #French Cavalry #Napoleonic Wars #Consulate era #First Empire #Antiques #Military Antiques #Cavalry Swords #Light Cavalry

[silkdamask-blog]

A special dress to start your day: detail from a First Empire “town dress" with chemisette owned by Empress Josephine @museemalmaison As noted by the Museum, it was preserved by the family of Madame Poyard who looked after the Empress’s wardrobe after 1809.

#empress josephine #first empire #neoclassical style #chateau de Malmaison

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Oil Painting, 1805, French.

By Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.

Portraying Madame Rivière wearing a White Dress and Cream Cashmere Shawl.

Musée du Louvre.

#musée du louvre #womenswear #oil painting #1800s painting #painting #white #shawl #cashmere #cashmere shawl #1805 #first empire #reign: Napoleon I #19th century #france #french #jean auguste dominique ingres #1800s France #madame rivière #hair #1800s hair

[microcosme11]

I don’t know who painted it but I like it. Looks like Josephine, and Isabey in the left background. UPDATE: It’s “Reception at Malmaison” by Flameng.

Thanks @au-pas-camarades!

#first empire #Napoleon's court #Flameng

[charlesreeza]

The ‘Abdication Room’ - Château de Fontainebleau

On April 6th, 1814, in this room, on the pedestal table, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, signed the Treaty of Fontainebleau, thus abdicating the throne.  He later said farewell to his troops in the entry courtyard of the palace and was banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba.

Photos by Charles Reeza

#royal palace #France #First Empire #period interior #antique furniture #chandelier #travel photos #places to see

[napoleonbonaparte4ever]

Napoleon Bonaparte, is marveled by the technological wonders of the modern world, like a modern man should. Dressing in a casual batchelor way, watching TV.

And preparing his speeches in the morning, before going out to concur the world once again.

#being napoleon #napoleon bonaparte #napoleonic era #world history #TV #first empire #doll #grand emperor

[ruubesz-draws]

When bae is angry at you

#godzilla x kong: the new empire #godzilla #mothra #kong #godzilla x mothra #mothzilla #mosugoji #when the love of your life your queen your bae your wife is PISSED #whoa Goji you gon done it my dude #mothra would be like: #WTF ARE YOU DOING?!?! #I WAS GONE FOR 5MIN (in kaiju time ig?) AND THIS IS WHAT I SEE THE FIRST THING I WAKE UP?!?! #YOU ABSOLUTE BUFFOON!!! #I love you and I missed you tons #BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT ANGRY!! #And Goji would be like: “Babe im sorry pls calm down my love pls i can explain” #anyway Goji was HELLA HAPPY TO SEE HER HHHHHHH #Mothzilla is canon ya'll #it's canon.... #do not repost #my art

[empirearchives]

Neoclassical dress, First French Empire, Napoleonic era, c. 1810, white cotton and muslin. (La Gazette Drouot)

#dress #neoclassical dress #empire #empire style #fashion #cotton #muslin #empire waistline #first empire #first French empire #napoleonic era #19th century #1800s #1800s fashion #French #France #French fashion #fashion history #historical fashion #history of fashion #neoclassical #neoclassicism #costume #regency #regency fashion #Jane Austen #napoleonic

[vaguely-concerned]

sometimes I think of all the on-the-surface warm, well-meaning but deeply ineffectual advice and attention john gives harrow through harrow the ninth (make some soup and get some sleep! get a hobby! don't be so hard on yourself! self care harrow! as long as I need take no actual responsibility in this relationship whatsoever I would have loved to be your dad!) set up against the stark truth that with his other hand he has been staging her attempted horrific murder again and again and again like a living nightmare on the logic that it will 'put her down or fix her'. and then I find that I wish there is a hell. a special hell where twitch streamers turned necromantic death emperors go

#the locked tomb #harrowhark nonagesimus #john gaius #harrow the ninth #this is why I don't buy john as misunderstood and initially well-meaning AT ALL #this is a pattern you see with him again and again and again -- right down to his interpersonal relationships #(and indeed it's in the more grounded interpersonal relationships you can most clearly see him as he is I think #the fantasy death empire of a thousand years doesn't register quite as viscerally because it's like. heightened; not quite real #but the emotional violence and manipulation that surrounds him? oh boy that is EXTREMELY real and scarily well-observed) #there's a premeditation to so much of what he does (contracts with planets that only end 'in the event of the emperor's death' anyone? #yeah john we get it you're hilarious and I wish you weren't) #the greatest trick john ever pulled was making anyone think he's just a lil guy. what does he know he's only god #when you first read the book the complete callousness of the other adults is so horrible that john seems like an oasis of care #(though you start to get this uneasy feeling when that care never seems to translate to like... relief or soothing or resolution) #and it makes it feel almost obscene when you find out what's actually going on #it's the mercy & augustine enabler hour but at least they're completely honest in their cruelty there #while john is -- well he sure is being john huh #this is just me being angry with him btw philosophically I don't think this is how the story will or should end #(with john slam dunked right into hell that is) #it's just... harrow is so vulnerable. and what he does to her is so insidious and fucked up #john is very deeply human. unfortunately the capacity to quite simply suck so much is deeply human too

[kagoutiss]

pelican town, ‘72

#stardew valley #stardew valley spoilers #sdv #sdv spoilers #grandpa #mister qi #mr. qi #idk how dates work in stardew universe im just bullshittin #i love qi’s huge fucking eyebrows you dont notice them at first but theyre there #(gives our collective grandpa a ponytail) i think he had one. whatever #’why isnt mister qi blue’ my hc is he is blue from long-term iridium supplementation #and was originally just a regular person #but also it’s nice to see ur fav be like a normal human color #if u read tag essays tho consider this: #qi discovers secret to immortality (consuming iridium in a specific manner) #wants to share discovery with his farmer (player’s grandpa) and in that way. they will have all the time in the world to build #a perfect farming/business empire whose legacy will last forever and ever and theyll be 2gether forever #but it turns out. like a lot of normal people would. his farmer does not want to live forever #and obv he doesn’t #in an attempt to try not to ever lose the thing that means more to him than anything else in the world. qi inadvertantly ensures he will #because his farmer is dead. and he’s going to live forever #but. it’s kind of ok. because he has infinite money and was able to figure out how to talk to his dead bf #and now YOU help them fulfill their joint goal of making the farm’s legacy last forever #smile. heart #sobbing

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Oil Painting, 1805, French.

By Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.

Portraying Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière in a White Dress, Yellow Gloves, and Fur Stole.

Musée du Louvre.

#girl #musée du louvre #Caroline rivière #child #painting #oil painting #19th century #dress #fur #stole #fur stole #yellow #gloves #first empire #reign: napoleon i #white #1805 #1800s #1800s painting #1800s France #hair #1800s hair #jean auguste dominique ingres

[vvtshh]

wdud when your friend gets height boost over the year

#pjo fanart #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #annabeth chase #percabeth #percy pjo #annabeth pjo #percy and annabeth #ukrart #украрт #український tumblr #укртумбочка #annabeth' height in the first books is my roman empire #percy would show her tall girl on netflix and say that's you #sorry annabeth #he's just jealous