Identification title(s): gallerie des modes et costumes français, 1779, u 119: habit de bal (. . ) object type: fashion print object number: rp-p-2009-1163. Inscriptions / marks: caption, bottom center in the margin, engraved: 'habit de bal à la paysanne, composé d'un juste et une juppe de taffetas gris garni de bandes de taffetas rose. ' address, bottom center in the margin, engraved: 'a paris chez esnauts et rapilly, rue st. Jacques à la ville de coutances. A. P. D. R. '. Description: woman, seen from the back, wearing a 'habit de bal à la paysanne', consisting of a bodice and skirt of gray taffeta decorated with bands of pink taffeta. Ruffles around neck and elbow. Straw hat with raised brim, decorated with ribbon, diagonally on the forehead. She holds up a decorative apron with her left hand. Heeled shoes. Print from series u. 20e cahier de costumes français, 15e suite d'habillemens à la mode en 1779, gallerie des modes et costumes français. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: dupin (mentioned on object), after a drawing by: pierre thomas le clerc (mentioned on object), publisher: esnauts & rapilly (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: paris. Date: 1779. Physical features: engraving, hand-colored. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process) / hand coloring. Dimensions: plate edge: h 280 mm × w 194 mm. Subject: what: fashion plateshead-gear: hat (+ women's clothes), parasol, sunshade (+ women's clothes), dress, gown: ball gown (+ women's clothes), clothing for the upper part of the body (+ women's clothes), skirt (+ women's clothes), ear-rings (+ women's clothes), shoes, sandals (+ women's clothes), apron (+ women's clothes), styles of hairdress. When: 1779 - 1779. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase september 30, 2009. Date: 1779.
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