In the Gardens of the Tuileries Year VII (1799) Courboin, François 1865-1926 illustrator Color wood engravings enk London Heinemann, William 1898 1 colored plate ; 10 x 15 cm. This plate depicts two well-dressed women fanning themselves in a large public garden. The woman in yellow wears a typically aristocratic hat (more popular before the French Revolution.) It is high and adorned with a large silk ribbon. The woman in the pink and white dress wears a cotton turban, which was a style very popular in the late 18th century. Simpler hats were more popular at the end of the 18th century because they were supposed to be more 'democratic' than other more elitist fashions. Both women wear classical style dresses, modeled after robes of ancient Greece. These are also adorned with pastel colored ribbons. Pastel colors became more popular after the Revolution and were thought to look more 'natural.' These dresses both show a good deal more of the woman's bodies than previous styles, as demonstrated by the low cut neckline, revealing the décolletage. 1-SIZE GT887 .U8 1898 1145808208873216 Fashion in Paris the various phases of feminine taste and aesthetics from 1797 to 1897 Uzanne, Octave 1852-1931 creator enk London William Heinemann 1898 Plate 7 Jardin des Tuileries (Paris, France) Fashion France Paris Women France Paris ArtPrintsSocial LifeGender studiesArtFashion1792-1804 (The First Republic) Paris Capital of the 19th Century 6 http://dl.lib.brown.edu/paris No Copyright - United StatesCollection is open for research.