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Title
Nobleman of France, reign of Louis XIV
Alternative Title
Costumes de Paris a Travers les Siècles
Contributor
Rousseau, H. (artist)
Roy, F. (editor)
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 man wears the clothing of a Seigneur from the reign of Louis XIV. He wears a brown, wide-brimmed hat with a large green and yellow bow on the right side. He wears another green and yellow striped bow around his neck, with a lace cravat below. His coat is brown with beige lapels, cuffs, and hem. His sleeves are edged with fur and he wears yellow ribbons on each of his wrists. His shirt is white and he wears short, full green and yellow striped breeches. He wears brown clocked hose gartered at the knee with yellow ribbons, and black high heeled buckled shoes. He carries a walking stick and wears a sword at his left hip. He stands in a garden by a lake, with two statues in the background.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00019.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/20
Language
French
Subject
Cuffs (Clothing)
Bows (Ribbon work)
Men's clothing
Jackets
Gloves
Handkerchiefs
Color in clothing
Fur garments
Shoes
Shoe buckles
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)
Stripes
Tunics
Hats
Trees
Wigs
Mustaches
17th C costume France
Canes (Walking sticks)
Place
France
Source
Fashion plate, engraving (print), colored, 8.25 x 11.5 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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