This plate depicts a scene at the salon of 1865. Manet's painting 'olympia'is represented in the background on the right of the plate. The man in the foreground is wearing a black suit with a starched collar and a blue vest, as well as a top hat. The woman in the foreground wears a wide, flounced dress with a wide crinoline that extends behind her. She is also wearing a violet fitted coat and a yellow bonnet tied under the chin with a ribbon. Abstract sources: boucher, françois. 20,000 years of fashion. New york: harry n. Abrams, inc, 1967. Ruppert, jacques. Le costume français. Paris: flammarion, 1996. Date: 1898. Dimensions: 10 x 15 cm. Medium: colored plate. Collection: Brown University Library.
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