Robes Modèles Historiques, Costume Louis XV
54th 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 female costume of Louis XV, made up of a black jacket with white borders with gold scrolling motifs over a white shirt and an ankle-length, wide skirt with white and gold semi-abstract garlands on the lower border, and with white pieces of fabric with golden scrolling motifs hanging to the front of her body. She wears a red ribbon with a hanging, golden royal star around her neck, and holds a black hat with a golden brooch and white feathers on one hand, and a long, silver sword with golden handle on the other. She wears white stockings with golden buttons and black low heels.
Artwork Details
- Title: Robes Modèles Historiques, Costume Louis XV
- 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(54)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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