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<mods:title>At the Frères Provençaux Restaurant</mods:title>
<mods:subTitle>(1848)</mods:subTitle>
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<mods:name type="personal">
<mods:namePart>Courboin, François</mods:namePart>
<mods:namePart type="date">1865-1926</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm type="text">illustrator</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:genre authority="aat">color wood engravings</mods:genre>
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<mods:dateIssued>1898</mods:dateIssued>
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<mods:extent>1 colored plate ; 10 x 15 cm.</mods:extent>
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<mods:abstract>The restaurant "Les Frères Provençaux" was opened in 1786 by two brothers and former chefs of the Prince of Conti. This plate depicts one of the large reception rooms on the third floor, used by society members for parties and gatherings, eating, drinking and gambling.
The woman depicted in this plate is wearing a dress with several 'volants' or flounces. Her skirt is very wide and supported by a crinoline. She also wears a short, violet overcoat, a very popular color during the Second Empire. Abstract sources: Boucher, François. 20,000 Years of Fashion. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1967. Ruppert, Jacques. Le Costume Français. Paris: Flammarion, 1996. http://www.restocours.net/Anecdotes/nous%20le%20devons.htm </mods:abstract>
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<mods:topic>Fashion</mods:topic>
<mods:hierarchicalGeographic>
<mods:country>France</mods:country>
<mods:city>Paris</mods:city>
</mods:hierarchicalGeographic>
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<mods:subject>
<mods:name type="corporate">
<mods:namePart>Frères Provençaux (Firm)</mods:namePart>
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</mods:subject>
<mods:subject>
<mods:topic>Restaurants</mods:topic>
<mods:hierarchicalGeographic>
<mods:country>France</mods:country>
<mods:city>Paris</mods:city>
</mods:hierarchicalGeographic>
</mods:subject>
<mods:subject displayLabel="Thematic Category"><mods:topic>Social Life</mods:topic><mods:topic>Entertainment</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject displayLabel="Thematic Category"><mods:topic>Social Life</mods:topic><mods:topic>Gender studies</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject displayLabel="Thematic Category"><mods:topic>Art</mods:topic><mods:topic>Fashion</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject displayLabel="Historical Period"><mods:topic>1871-1940 (The Third Republic)</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:identifier displayLabel="Hay Star Call No." type="local">1-SIZE GT887 .U8 1898</mods:identifier>
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<mods:title>Fashion in Paris</mods:title>
<mods:subTitle>the various phases of feminine taste and aesthetics from 1797 to 1897</mods:subTitle>
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<mods:name type="personal">
<mods:namePart>Uzanne, Octave</mods:namePart>
<mods:namePart type="date">1852-1931</mods:namePart>
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<mods:placeTerm type="text">London</mods:placeTerm>
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<mods:publisher>William Heinemann</mods:publisher>
<mods:dateIssued>1898</mods:dateIssued>
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<mods:physicalDescription>
<mods:extent>Plate 60</mods:extent>
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<mods:title>Paris Capital of the 19th Century</mods:title>
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<mods:identifier type="COLID">6</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="URI">http://dl.lib.brown.edu/paris</mods:identifier>
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