![Paper print of two women (shown from head to toe) stand adjacent to each other while making eye contact; the woman on the left side of the page stands in profile facing right. The woman on the right is faced front [towards the viewer]. Each woman wears a head piece covering their hair, as well as have a shawl. Their (white) dresses resemble the color of the negative spaces on the page. The head piece worn by the women to the left is pastel sky-blue, her shawl covers both her shoumders and is white, but covered with small red berries attached to two leaves. She also carries a small lavender colored purse and wears blue slippers to match her headpiece. On the right, the woman's head piece is white with a narrow ribbon detail and her pink slippers peaking from the bottom of her dress match; her shawl is large, it ressembles a desaturated yellow with sky-blue and ruby red paisley details that create a beautiful border. The womans hands, hang in front of her, holding her shawl low.]( https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/150354_68ee5df652b5ae68_b.jpg
"Print, Plate 51, Costume Parisien (Parisian Costume), Journal des Dames et des Modes (Journal of Ladies and Fashion), 1807")
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Print, Plate 51, Costume Parisien (Parisian Costume), Journal des Dames et des Modes (Journal of Ladies and Fashion), 1807
This is a Print. It was designed by Carle Vernet and published by Pierre-Antoine Leboux de La Mésangère and made for Journal des Dames et des Modes. It is dated 1807 and we acquired it in 1980. Its medium is engraving, hand-colored with brush and watercolor on off-white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
At the height of the shawl’s popularity in France, women were described as "well draped" as opposed to "well dressed." Shawl folding and draping became a necessary skill for the fashionable woman.
This object was
donated by
Cooper Union Library.
It is credited Gift of Cooper Union Library.
Its dimensions are
19.5 × 11.8 cm (7 11/16 × 4 5/8 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)
It is inscribed
Printed in black ink, upper margin, center: Costume Parisien; upper margin, left: 1807.; upper right: (51.); above woman on left: 1.; above woman on right: 2.
Cite this object as
Print, Plate 51, Costume Parisien (Parisian Costume), Journal des Dames et des Modes (Journal of Ladies and Fashion), 1807; Designed by Carle Vernet (French, 1758–1836); Published by Pierre-Antoine Leboux de La Mésangère (French, 1761–1831); Made for Journal des Dames et des Modes; engraving, hand-colored with brush and watercolor on off-white paper; 19.5 × 11.8 cm (7 11/16 × 4 5/8 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.); Gift of Cooper Union Library; 1980-36-2448
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Paisley.
