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Auguste Racinet - Hindoustan meridional – ille de Ceylan, archipel des Maldives

Hindoustan meridional – ille de Ceylan, archipel des Maldives (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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Costumes de la fin du siecle, moyens et modes de transport

Costumes de la fin du siecle, moyens et modes de transport (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Costumes civils de la fin du XVe siecle

Costumes civils de la fin du XVe siecle (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Parures des Scandinaves de l’age du bronze

Parures des Scandinaves de l’age du bronze (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Interieur de l’habitation francais – XVe siecle

Interieur de l’habitation francais – XVe siecle (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Armures des chevaliers et divers – d’apres des pierres tombales

Armures des chevaliers et divers – d’apres des pierres tombales (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Escarcelles, bourses, coiffures italiennes

Escarcelles, bourses, coiffures italiennes (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Instruments de musique ; la lyre, le luth, les flutes

Instruments de musique ; la lyre, le luth, les flutes (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Objets mobiliers, objets usuels

Objets mobiliers, objets usuels (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Instruments des sacrifices religieux

Instruments des sacrifices religieux (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Armures equestres – pieces detachees du harnais du cheval de guerre

Armures equestres – pieces detachees du harnais du cheval de guerre (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Costumes et insignes des mandarins, dames chinoises, montures et moyens de transport

Costumes et insignes des mandarins, dames chinoises, montures et moyens de transport (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Objets mobiliers..

Objets mobiliers.. (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Ameublement civil – tables et sieges

Ameublement civil – tables et sieges (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Joailleries de la parure masculine en Hohgrie – bijoux feminins – filigranes

Joailleries de la parure masculine en Hohgrie – bijoux feminins – filigranes (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Les noirs

Les noirs (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
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