Breton woman of the region of Morlaix, France. In her Sunday best, of coiffe headdress with long tails, bodice and skirts in rich fabric, decorated with ribbons, dipping her fingers in the benitier of holy water in church. Femme des environs de Morlaix, Finistere. Taken from La Galerie royale des costumes, 1846. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Celestin Deshayes from Musée Cosmopolite, Musée de Costumes, Cosmopolitan Museum, published by ancienne maison Aubert, Paris, 1850.

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