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Title
Lady and gentleman of 18th century France
Alternative Title
XVIIIe. Siècle
Publication Information
Ella Strong Denison Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/
Description
A woman wears a pale blue satin gown, with a darker blue stomacher with trim and white lace at the neck and pink lapels on the bodice. Below the blue upper sleeves are wide white lace cuffs. Her shoes are white and pointed with a bow at the toe and a low heel. She wears a white mobcap with pink ribbon bows and a chin strap. She holds a white handkerchief in her right hand. Her left hand rests lightly on the man's right hand. The man wears a wig and a dun-colored frock coat with full skirts and brass buttons. His stockings are a paler dun and his shoes are black, low-heeled, and buckled. Under his coat, the cuffs and collar of his white shirt are visible. His left hand points down at the couple's shoes, which nearly touch. The couple may be dancing. A faint pencil marking "sk/75[unknown symbol]" is written in the lower right hand corner.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00022.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/14
Language
French
Subject
Clothing and dress
Women's clothing
Lace and lace making
Headgear
Women's shoes
Foundation garments
Handkerchiefs
Buttons
Shoe buckles
Men's clothing
Coats
Hosiery
Wigs
Dresses
Frock coats
Panniers
18th C costume France
Place
France
Source
Fashion plate, engraving (print), colored, 9.125 x 12.625 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 1
Relation
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fpc

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