Collection of French Costume Designs or Portrait Types

Anonymous, French, 18th century French
Possibly connected to Antoine Caire-Morand French
Anonymous, French, 19th century French

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Album with 14 leaves of pen, graphite and gouache drawings of female portrait types wearing late eighteenth-century costumes and accessories, combined with inscriptions in ink and graphite. The album contains original designs, as well as drawings and inscriptions after various engravings and text from Jean Antoine Le Brun's Cabinet des Modes (1785-1790).

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