Description
- Abstract:
- This couple is depicted waiting for the coach, which was a passenger vehicle drawn by four horses. The woman is wearing a fashionable hat or "capote" that covers her face. Her dress maintains the empire waist and has very long sleeves that also have a 'mancheron' or a gathered sleeve at the shoulders. The man is wearing a 'habit dgagé' or a coat with tails, buttoned at the waist. His hat is a 'haut-de-forme' or what is commonly known in English as a top hat. He wears tight, short pants tucked into large, riding boots, as was the fashion for men.
- Notes:
- Ruppert, Jacques. Le Costume Français. Paris : Flammarion,1996.
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
"Waiting for the Saint-Cloud Coach:
Place de la Concorde (1806)
"
(1898).
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86304/
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