Fashion engraving from "Magasin des Demoiselles"
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Inventory number
2020.10.9.8.BM.MG.1850.FRAuthors:
Héloïse Suzanne COLIN LELOIR (French, Paris 1819 - 1873)Administration et rédaction du Magasin des Demoiselles (French, 1844 - 1896)
Description
Watercolour fashion plate from the "Magasin des Demoiselles", represents women's costume according to fashion trends in the early 1850s.Engraving depicts two women and a little girl in the interior. The lady on the left is wearing a brown dress with matching outside jacket with wide sleeves, and a green bonnet hat, adorned with lace trimming inside. She is holding the child's hand, who is standing in a blue dress and white bonnet, and holding a basket with red roses. The woman on the right is wearing a white ball gown with three level skirt decorated with bows. Her hair is in fashionable updo style with short red veil on the back.
Materials
Hand-coloured engravingPaper
Origin
November 25 1850 FranceDimensions
Length : 16.5 cmHeight : 25.5 cm