Costume of a lower-class merveilleuse, habitue of the Palais Royale.

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Costume of a lower-class merveilleuse, habitue of the galeries de bois of the Palais Royale. She wears a low-cut dress of nankinette cotton and puff sleeves not seen in fashion for a decade. Handcoloured etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot Jr. from Costumes of the Directory, Rouquette, Paris, 1875. The etchings were made from designs by Eugene Lacoste and Draner after prints of the era 1795-99. The costumes are from theatre productions Merveilleuses and Pres Saint-Gervais by Victorien Sardou.

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Size: 4932px × 6466px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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