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Jolie Femme coeffée d'un Bonnet à la Nouvelle Paysanne, plate 92
1971-3088, Print

Jolie Femme coeffée d'un Bonnet à la Nouvelle Paysanne, plate 92

Date1778
Engraver 1748 - 1817
After work by 1746 - 1816
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumEtching and line engraving on laid paper with hand coloring
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1971-3088
DescriptionPrint is from Galeries des Modes, 16e Cahier, 10e Figure

Upper right corner reads: "92"
Lower margin reads: "Desrais del./ Patas sculp./ Jolie Femme coeffée d'un Bonnet à la Nouvelle Paysanne, avec un caraco galant taffetas couleur/ verd pomme, garni en gaze d'Italie ainsi que le juppon/ A Paris chez Esnauts et Rapilly, rue S. Jacques a la Ville de Coutances. A P.D.R."

Translation:
Pretty woman in a new peasant bonnet, with a gallant caraco of taffeta in the color of green apples, trimmed in Italian gauze like the petticoat.Label TextThis plate was published in the French fashion periodical "Gallerie des Modes et du Costume Francais." The text roughly translates to: "A beautiful woman wearing a Bonnet a la Nouvelle Paysanne with a gallant caraco in apple green taffeta, trimmed in Italian gauze as well as the petticoat."ProvenanceBefore 1971, Mr. And Mrs. Howard A. Van Vleck (Montclair, NJ); 1971-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).