Swiss lady, 16th century. Dame Suisse. She wears a pleated collar, black bodice bordered with gold, red silk skirt open at the side to reveal green petticoats, black silk cap toquet with muslin net. After a painting on vellum in the collection of Hippolyte Destailleur. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard from Georges Duplessis's Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris, 1867. Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard was an artist, book illustrator, and interior designer.

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