Robes Modeles Historiques, Marmiton
Eighth 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 woman wearing a Marmiton, or kitchen hand costume, made up of a white shirt with striped red-and-white borders and ruffled cuffs, under a white button-down vest with horizontal red-and-white stripes on the upper half, and a brown skirt with a white apron tied around the waist. A blue band hangs diagonally across her torso from one of her shoulders, and a thin belt with a pocket holding two knives hangs around her waist in a slight opposite diagonal. Her hair is decorated with a small, white hat, and a red ribbon is tied around her neck, holding an oval golden pendant. One of her hands holds a large silver spoon. She wears vertically-striped red-and-white stockings and black, low-heeled shoes with buckles.
Artwork Details
- Title: Robes Modeles Historiques, Marmiton
- 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(8)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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