La Brodeuse, J 174, Jean-Baptiste Mallet, circa 1780

Author(s): mallet, jean-baptiste (grasse, 1759 - paris, 1835), designer production date: around 1780 dating in century: 18th century type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, drawing name(s): drawing materials and techniques: watercolor, gouache, paper dimensions - artwork: height: 28. 9cm width: 21. 5cm dimensions - frame: height: 38cm width: 30cm depth: 4cm marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: collector's mark - on the back: "c. 103" iconographic description: the two young women are dressed like elegant bourgeois women from the 1780s, with silk skirts, muslin kerchiefs, fur muffs, gathered charlottes and hats with ostrich feathers. Mode of acquisition: legacy name of donor, testator, seller: cognacq, ernest date of acquisition: 1928 institution: cognacq-jay museum, the taste of the 18th century inventory number: j 174. Date: circa 1780.