"Boulevard des Italiens"

Photography

Inventory number
2019.6.6.28.PH.PC.C1902.FR
Author:
Xavier SAGER (French, 1881 - 1969)
Description
This postcard features five women facing their backs to the viewer. They each are wearing a different outfit and are walking towards the same direction.

Starting from the left, the first is wearing a pink evening dress with beige lace around the neckline and red bows on each side of it, long cream-coloured gloves, as well as coordinated green bag and hat with a long pink feather; the second is wearing a purple dress with wide bell-shaped sleeves and a large straw hat with purple flowers at its front; the third is wearing a brown long-sleeved dress with a high collar, as well as a blue hat with a red bow and white gloves; the fourth is wearing a similar dress, but green with a white high collar, and a yellow hat decorated with a blue ribbon and regularly-spaced roses; finally, the last one is wearing a blue dress with wide bell-shaped sleeves, a brown fur stole and a purple hat with a pink rose at its front.
Materials
Paper
Ink
Origin
circa 1902 France
Dimensions
Length : 14 cm
Height : 9.5 cm