Robes Modèles Historiques: Gabrielle d’Estrée
55th 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 costume for Gabrielle d’Estrée, made up of a violet gown in the style of Queen Elizabeth I with a white chemise with vertical ruffled stripes and a double ruff on the neckline, and ruffled sleeves, and a white underskirt with golden borders and scrolling motifs. She wears a violet hat on her hair, decorated with small, white feathers, and her face and hands are heavily made up with white powder. She holds a soft pink book in her hands, which she appears to be reading.
Artwork Details
- Title: Robes Modèles Historiques: Gabrielle d’Estrée
- Designer: M. Robin (French, active ca. 1830–50)
- Publisher: Ancienne Maison Martinet , Paris, 127 r. de Rivoli
- Lithographer: Imp. Becquet , 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(55)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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