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Costume print from Musée des Familles
French (Paris)
1864
Object Place: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Engraved, hand-colored
Dimensions
18.58 x 26.83 cm (7 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Estate of Jane Peters Guild, Boston
Accession Number1990.207
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionHand-colored engraved plate from Musée des Familles. Four young women, one young man in fancy dress indoors: woman on left in dress with blue skirt, yellow apron, white top, black vest, and white headpiece, woman in black, red, and yellow dress with matching hat, boy in black coat and pants with pink waistcoat, woman in white and blue dress with white hairpiece, and woman in white, pink, and yellow dress. Text on top: "Modes Vraies, Travail en famille." Engraved by Barreau after Laure Noel. Printer: Grognet. Condition: Fair. Small stains at top edge. Rip in title at top edge.