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Auguste Racinet - Costumes du peuple.

Costumes du peuple. (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
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Albert Charles Auguste Racinet was a French costumer, illustrator, painter and author of several works on costume and ornament history that are still reprinted to this day.

He was initially trained as a lithographer and draftsman by his father, Charles-Auguste Racinet, and received further training at the École de dessin in Paris. From 1849 to 1874 he participated in the annual exhibitions of the Paris Salon, but he gained his importance through his contributions as an illustrator of scientific works, especially art and costume history.

His work in this area began in the 1840s with his father on a work with plates based on models by Ferdinand Séré (1818-1855) and texts by the historian Charles Léopold Louandre, entitled Histoire du costume et de l' ameublement au Moyen Âge. After Séré's untimely death, Les Arts somptuaires was published by Hangard-Maugé in 1857-1858. Histoire du costume et de l'ameublement et des arts et industries qui s'y rattachent in 2 volumes of text and 2 plates. Another part of the planned work appeared with text by Paul Lacroix in five volumes from 1848 to 1851 under the titleLe Moyen âge et la Renaissance, histoire et description des moeurs et usages, du commerce et de l'industrie, des sciences, des arts, des littératures et des beaux-arts en Europe, followed by the ten-volume Costumes historiques de la France d' après le monuments les plus authentique … Avec un texte descriptif précédé de l'histoire de la vie privée des Français depuis l'origine de la monarchie jusqu´à nos jours et suivi d´un recueil curieux de pièces originales, which appeared between 1852 and 1860.

He found a job in the publishing house Firmin-Didot et Cie, where he worked from 1869 to 1888 as an engraver and artistic director, and where his two main works L'Ornement polychrome and Le costume historique were created and published.

Racinet became a member of the Legion of Honor on August 5, 1878.

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Malaisie – armes offensives et etendard

Malaisie – armes offensives et etendard (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
France XVIe siecle

France XVIe siecle (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Repas et banquets;  mobilier et ustensiles

Repas et banquets; mobilier et ustensiles (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
La priere musulmane et le salut oriental

La priere musulmane et le salut oriental (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
La vie sur les nattes;  la toilette, les musiciennes etc

La vie sur les nattes; la toilette, les musiciennes etc (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Allemagne – costumes du peuple

Allemagne – costumes du peuple (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Objets usuels – les montres, dites (eufs de nuremberg)

Objets usuels – les montres, dites (eufs de nuremberg) (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Chapeaux et perruques – le cheval de main

Chapeaux et perruques – le cheval de main (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
La maison pompéienne;  l’atrium, plan et profil de la maison de Pansa

La maison pompéienne; l’atrium, plan et profil de la maison de Pansa (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Costumes de guerre et autres, chariots divers

Costumes de guerre et autres, chariots divers (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Costumes et usages militaires

Costumes et usages militaires (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Hindoustan meridional – ille de Ceylan, archipel des Maldives

Hindoustan meridional – ille de Ceylan, archipel des Maldives (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Les Chiliens;  costumes populaires

Les Chiliens; costumes populaires (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Costumes feminins – le chale

Costumes feminins – le chale (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
XIVe siecle – costumes civils et militaires – litiere

XIVe siecle – costumes civils et militaires – litiere (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
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