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Costume Parisien 1817, (1648)
Fashion plate depicting a woman in a white pelisse with thick band borders at the shoulders, cuffs, and down the center front to the hem. Peeking from underneath, a white dress with an embroidered, scalloped hem. A triple ruff is around her neck. On her head, a lingerie bonnet. She is holding a pink parasol.
2022.35.0606
Colored Engraving
Paper
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Fashion Plate
Historic Costume
Journal des Dames et des Modes
1817
19th Century
Early 19th Century
1817. Costume Parisien. (1648) / Capote et Redingote de Perkale.
French
Old Number
2019.012.1