allthingseurope: San Sebastian, Spain by Eduardo Sentchordi
dazzlingagony: Puente Nuevo in the ancient Andalucian town of Ronda, Spain
allthingseurope: Cudillero, Spain by fallrod
oldrags: 1470’s Pedro Garcia de Benabarre (Spanish, active 1455-80) ~ Detail of The Banquet of Herod
This is the earliest known depiction of the farthingale, the grandmother of the Victorian cage crinoline. As you can see, in the farthingale’s early days, the hoops were worn on the outside of the skirt.
allthingseurope: Jerez de los Caballeros; Badajoz, Spain; by Zú Sánchez
