Woman in straw hat and black mantle holding a huge fur muff, 1797. Straw casque helmet-style hat decorated with velvet band, wig with ringlets. Long mantle over a high-waisted dress. Buckles with spangles. Chapeau casque en paille garni d'une bourdaloue en velours, perruque a crochets, long mantelet sur une robe a taille courte. Boucles en paillettes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere’s Journal des Modes et Dames, Paris, 1797. The illustrations in volume 1 were by Carle Vernet, Claude Louis Desrais and Philibert Louis Debucourt.

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