Robes Modeles Historiques, Italienne
Sixth plate of album with 60 19th-century costume plates and 1 drawing of mostly women's historical costumes, featuring a variety of designs for traditional costumes from different parts of the world, as well as costumes for literary characters, such as Esmeralda. This plate contains a design for an Italian female costume, made up of a white shirt with pleats around the neck, bordered with a thin, yellow ribbon, and with orange cuffs with thin yellow stripes, decorated with small pieces of orange, white and blue fabric, and a blue skirt with three golden horizontal stripes with a yellow over-skirt with a white border containing semi-abstract scrolling and fruit motifs of orange, yellow and blue colors, framed by thin, orange stripes. A piece of orange fabric falls behind her back, also adorning the skirt. Her hair is tied back with a scrolling braid, and is adorned with a white headscarf with a gold brooch. Her eyes are bade up with black and red eyeshadow, and her lips are colored with red. She wears three beaded necklaces around her neck: two are red, one golden, and large, hoop earrings. Her legs are covered by white stockings, and her feet by black low-heeled shoes with orange ribbons. She holds a small bundle of pink flowers on green stems with leaves on one hand.
Artwork Details
- Title: Robes Modeles Historiques, Italienne
- Designer: M. Robin (French, active ca. 1830–50)
- Publisher: Ancienne Maison Martinet , Paris, 127 r. de Rivoli
- Lithographer: Imp. LeMercier & Cie Paris
- Date: 19th century
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 17 5/16 × 11 7/8 in. (44 × 30.2 cm)
Album: 17 11/16 × 12 5/8 × 1 in. (45 × 32 × 2.5 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
- Object Number: 32.46.7(6)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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