Young woman in black shawl of faille (coarse grain silk), Brussels, Belgium. It was falling out of fashion in the mid-19th century. Demoiselle en faille, a Bruxelles. Ce costume commence a se perdre. Handcoloured woodcut by L. Markaert from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845.

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