Robes Modèles Historiques, Soubrette

Designed, Printed and Published by Daydou Fils French
19th century
Not on view
44th 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, including Esmeralda. This plate consists of a woman wearing a costume for a Soubrette, made up of a red dress with black borders with small, semi-abstract garlands with flowers and leaves, executed with green, pink and copper, and a black apron with similar floral motifs and scalloped edges, and with a blue ribbon rosette with two hanging tails to the left side of the apron. She wears black stockings and low-heeled boots.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Robes Modèles Historiques, Soubrette
  • Artist: Designed, Printed and Published by Daydou Fils
  • 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(44)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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