Description
- Abstract:
- THe women depicted on horse-back is wearing a dark, broadcloth riding costume with a spencer jacket and sleeves à la jardinière. The man depicted is wearing a dark, high waisted coat with long tails, a top hat, tighter and lighter colored pants as well as a very high-collared shirt with a cravate. Abstract sources: Boucher, François. 20,000 Years of Fashion. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1967. Ruppert, Jacques. Le Costume Français. Paris: Flammarion, 1996.
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- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
"High-life in the Bois de Boulogne:
L'allée des Cavaliers (1842).
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(1898).
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86427/
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Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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