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Cute lady’s underwear. Vintage combinations – foundation garment adorned with lace, Europe, the 19th century.

Male folk costume of Uzbekistan. He’s wearing a traditional Uzbek kaftan and turban.

Samples of 19th-century lace. On the left, are two samples of vintage Le Puy silk guipure bobbin lace. On the right, Maltese lace.
Silk guipure was developed in the town of Le Puy, France, famous for their bobbin lace.

Gorgeous vintage black embroidery. Ukrainian embroidery, even made only in black, looks unforgettable, eye-catching, and sophisticated. Female shirts, the late 19th – early 20th century.

Emirati female garment adorned with beautiful silver talli embroidery.

Cute vintage 17th-century finger rings with memento mori, featuring ruby gems.

Romanian traditional woven skirts. They are made in typical and very popular color palette. One of them consists of two aprons tied at the front and at the back. Another one is a wrap-around skirt.

Aesthetic-style dresses. On the left, pre-Raphaelite painting “The Day Dream” by British artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti from 1880. On the right, is a Liberty of London, aesthetic-style plain silk-weave gown from 1910.

Ukrainian indigo blue embroidery on vintage shirts. It was typical only for one district in Poltava region of Ukraine. The needlework was made by threads dyed by imported indigo dye. These are women’s shirts from the 19th – early 20th century.

Ladies’ dresses from the 1890s. These sleeves are called “leg’o’mutton sleeves” because the shape reminds of a lamb’s leg. Also, note opulent hats.