Entering the 'Comédie Française' (1828) Courboin, François 1865-1926 illustrator color wood engravings 1898 1 colored plate ; 10 x 15 cm. In this plate, two women are depicted going to the theater. Both women wear dresses with a lower, belted waistline, closer to the natural waist. Their sleeves have quite a bit of volume and are called 'en béret.' The hems of the dresses are a bit higher and reveal the ankles as well as boots, laced on the inside of the ankle. The woman in the foreground is wearing a lace cape that covers the shoulders called a 'pélerine.' The Comédie Française or Théâtre Français occupies the southwest wing of the Palais Royal. Abstract sources: Ruppert, Jacques. Le Costume Français. Paris : Flammarion, 1996., http://libsys.lib.uic.edu/paris/maps/arrond06/theatrefrancais/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_Francais Fashion France Paris Comédie-Française ArchitectureTheatersArtPrintsSocial LifeEntertainmentArtFashion1815-1830 (The Restoration)1-SIZE GT887 .U8 1898 1150467045699932 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 39 Paris Capital of the 19th Century 6 http://dl.lib.brown.edu/paris No Copyright - United StatesCollection is open for research.