Costumes Parisiens 142: Manon
Illustration with a costume design for Manon, part of the 63rd issue of the "Journal des dames et des modes", published in Paris on February 20, 1914. Manon was the protagonist of one of the most important operas of the Belle Epoque, written in five acts by Jules Massennet, first performed in 1884. The illustration features a woman wearing a historic costume featuring a tight-waisted jacket made of orange fabric with small, reddish-orange rosettes in the borders and scattered on the jacket, and a large, bell-shaped skirt with black and white stripes. Her hair is made in the style of Marie-Antoinette, also featuring small reddish-orange rosettes. She wears a gray mask, a matching gray ribbon with a hanging teardrop pearl and a strip of white pearls around her neck, and a matching pearl ring on her pinky finger. A tiny, pointed, orange shoe with a small reddish-orange rosette pops out of her skirt.
Artwork Details
- Title: Costumes Parisiens 142: Manon
- Artist: Designed by H-Robert Dammy
- Publisher: Published by Vaugirard , Paris
- Date: 1914
- Medium: plates: hand colored engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 5 9/16 in. (22.5 × 14.2 cm)
Album: 9 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (23.5 × 14 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Millia Davenport, 1957
- Object Number: 57.546.27(1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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