Robes Modèles Historiques: Vert-Vert
33rd 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 Vert-Vert, made up of a gilet, a jacket and a pleated, calf-length skirt, all made with a silky, green fabric with pink highlights, and stockings, shoes, hat, and cape of matching colors. The jacket is decorated with small, white-and-gold rosettes, and the cape is lined with dark blue; the shoes have bows of the same color. She wears a white lace kerchief around her neck, and the cuffs of the jacket have matching white lace ruffles. Her hands and arms are covered with white gloves.
Artwork Details
- Title: Robes Modèles Historiques: Vert-Vert
- Designer: M. Robin (French, active ca. 1830–50)
- Publisher: Ancienne Maison Martinet , Paris, 127 r. de Rivoli
- Lithographer: Imp. Becquet frères, 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(33)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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