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Author William Henry Pyne
Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London
1815
Jean Le Pautre
Publisher Pierre Mariette le fils
17th century
Publisher Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Publisher Issued by American Tobacco Company
Lithographer Schumacher & Ettlinger
1890
Publisher Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co.
1889

Western European
ca. 1400

Greek, Rhodian ?
ca. 630–620 BCE

Designer Madame Tierce
ca. 1895

China
19th century

Minoan
ca. 1900–1750 BCE

Design House House of Worth
Designer Attributed to Charles Frederick Worth
Designer Attributed to Jean-Philippe Worth
ca. 1895

American
late 1960s–early 1970s

probably European
early 19th century

Minoan
ca. 1800–1700 BCE

Russian
early 18th century

Design House House of Balenciaga
Designer Cristobal Balenciaga
1950

China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Central Asia)
7th–9th century

Greek
early 5th century BCE

Design House Yves Saint Laurent
Designer Yves Saint Laurent
mid to late 1980s

Greek
1st quarter of the 5th century BCE

probably European
early 19th century

Cypriot
5th century BCE–1st century CE

Cypriot
5th century BCE–1st century CE

Russian
fourth quarter 18th century

South Italian or Etruscan
ca. 500 BCE

17th–18th century

Design House Schiaparelli
Designer Elsa Schiaparelli
winter 1938–39

Greek, South Italian, Tarentine
late 5th century BCE
Vincente Minnelli
1933–39

Austrian
ca. 1815–20 with later additions

Burma
19th century

French
19th century

American
ca. 1888

Russian
late 18th century

French
first half 19th century

Designer Jacques Doucet
1907–8

ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Jacob Houbraken
After Jacob de Wit
1728–51

Possibly by Asa Edward Smith
Attributed to Smith Pottery
ca. 1825–50

American
1900–1905

India (Madhya Pradesh)
ca. 1st century BCE

ca. 1450 BCE
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