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Auguste Racinet - Ouest de l’Allemagne – fin du XVIe siecle et debut du XVIIe

Ouest de l’Allemagne – fin du XVIe siecle et debut du XVIIe (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 Bretons – XIX siecle

Costumes Bretons – XIX siecle (1876-1888)

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

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

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Coiffures de l’antiquité

Coiffures de l’antiquité (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Japonais des diverses castes

Japonais des diverses castes (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Objets usuels – pipes et accessoires a l’usage des fumeurs

Objets usuels – pipes et accessoires a l’usage des fumeurs (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Costumes, condition de la femme, l’omnibus

Costumes, condition de la femme, l’omnibus (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Costumes militaires, armes diverses, chariots de guerre et autres, harnais de cheval

Costumes militaires, armes diverses, chariots de guerre et autres, harnais de cheval (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Costumes de la fin du XVIe siecle du commencement du XVIIe

Costumes de la fin du XVIe siecle du commencement du XVIIe (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Meubles du VIIe siecle au XIVe – lits, trones et sieges

Meubles du VIIe siecle au XIVe – lits, trones et sieges (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Costumes du peuple.

Costumes du peuple. (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Ameublement civil

Ameublement civil (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Coiffures – le turban

Coiffures – le turban (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Armes diverses

Armes diverses (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Le Japonais en famille

Le Japonais en famille (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
Régions australes;  les Cafres

Régions australes; les Cafres (1876-1888)

Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893)
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