Description
- Abstract:
- The women depicted in this plate wear dresses supported by very wide crinolines. Their skirts are flounced and the woman on the left is wearing a fur burnous (or hooded cloak). The women are dressed in very bright colors. The man depicted in the middle ground is wearing a haut-de-forme or top hat and tight-fitting, lightly colored pants, as worn by men during the day. Abstract source: Boucher, François. 20,000 Years of Fashion. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1967.
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Citation
"The Gardens at Mabille:
(1858)
"
(1898).
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86439/
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Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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