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Auguste Racinet - Les castes inférieures, les ordres monastiques, funérailles d’une Indoue des condition

Les castes inférieures, les ordres monastiques, funérailles d’une Indoue des condition (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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Mobilier – l’orgue

Mobilier – l’orgue (1876-1888)

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

Escarcelles, bourses, coiffures italiennes (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Ustensiles domestiques, costume sacerdotal, la grande harpe

Ustensiles domestiques, costume sacerdotal, la grande harpe (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Objets mobiliers – orfevrerie – chandeliers et mouchettes

Objets mobiliers – orfevrerie – chandeliers et mouchettes (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Empereurs Mogols et dames;  les portraits historiques

Empereurs Mogols et dames; les portraits historiques (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Figures historiques – costumes civils et militaires de la noblesse francaise du XIIe siecle a la fin du XIVe

Figures historiques – costumes civils et militaires de la noblesse francaise du XIIe siecle a la fin du XIVe (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Armes diverses

Armes diverses (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Funerailles d’un prince-chevalier – XVIIe siecle

Funerailles d’un prince-chevalier – XVIIe siecle (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Costumes et interieur

Costumes et interieur (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Objets et ustensiles pour l’usage personnel – depuis l’utile jusqu’aux jolivetes

Objets et ustensiles pour l’usage personnel – depuis l’utile jusqu’aux jolivetes (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Costumes de la noblesse

Costumes de la noblesse (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Moyens de transport – les carrosses

Moyens de transport – les carrosses (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Danseuses et musiciens

Danseuses et musiciens (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Costumes des dames japonaises

Costumes des dames japonaises (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Interieur de l’habitation seigneuriale – XIIIe-XIVe siecle

Interieur de l’habitation seigneuriale – XIIIe-XIVe siecle (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
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