Description
- Abstract:
- The man in this plate is wearing a militaire or demi-solde redingote, a long, low-waisted coat. He is also wearing a 'chapeau claque' or what contemporary Americans might call a 'top hat.' The woman is wearing a dress that is tightly cinched at the middle by a corset and accentuated on both sides by large, billowing sleeves and a very wide skirt. She is also wearing a fashionable Alsatian cap. Abstract sources: Boucher, François. 20,000 Years of Fashion. Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1967. Ruppert, Jacques. Le Costume Français. Paris : Flammarion,1996.
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Citation
"A Corner on the Boulevard des Italiens:
(1833)
"
(1898).
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86414/
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