Portrait of two philippines mestizas. Portrait of two mestizo women. They wear European inspiration blouse, with a wide flap neck, front buttontand and wide long sleeves and buttoned at dolls, the influence of the European model is evidenced in this dress model, both in the accessories and in the clothing garments. The material par excellence in the textile invoice will be the fine silk or the lace of white pineapple fiber in the wealthy classes, as a clear symbol of social status, the popular class women, will replace it with the cotton or sinamay fabric. Regarding the model, Maria Clara has


Portrait of two philippines mestizas. Portrait of two mestizo women. They wear European inspiration blouse, with a wide flap neck, front buttontand and wide long sleeves and buttoned at dolls, the influence of the European model is evidenced in this dress model, both in the accessories and in the clothing garments. The material par excellence in the textile invoice will be the fine silk or the lace of white pineapple fiber in the wealthy classes, as a clear symbol of social status, the popular class women, will replace it with the cotton or sinamay fabric. Regarding the model, Maria Clara has traditionally been called, in direct allusion to the protagonist and heroin of José Rizal's novel, Noli me tangere, reflecting the image of the conservative, modest, virtuous, virtuous and elegant


Size: 1311px × 1906px
Photo credit: © EU/BT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: