Costume Design Sketches including a Bouffant Skirt, Hat, and Bodice

Possibly connected to Antoine Caire-Morand French
ca. 1785–90
Not on view
Page with sketches of a bouffant skirt, a large bonnet-style hat, an obscured ribbon, a bodice, and a ruffled sleeave. At the left is a sketch of a bouffant skirt with a tassled, embroidered ribbon tied at the waist. To the right is a graphite sketch of a woman wearing a large straw and red striped large bonnet-style hat. The hat is rendered in gouache. Below her is a rubbing in which a ribbon is visible. Further to the right is a sketch of a sleeve with a ruffle. Directly below the sleeve is a gouache and ink drawing of a white fabric shirt ruffled at the neck, and a tight green corseted bodice with red trimmings.

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Object Information
  • Title: Costume Design Sketches including a Bouffant Skirt, Hat, and Bodice
  • Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century
  • Artist: Possibly connected to Antoine Caire-Morand (French, Briançon 1747–1825 Turin)
  • Artist: Anonymous, French, 19th century
  • Date: ca. 1785–90
  • Medium: Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 6 11/16 x 9 15/16 in. (17 x 25.3 cm)
  • Classifications: Ornament & Architecture, Drawings
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957
  • Object Number: 57.559.6(8v)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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