Woman in a Lisbeth hat in the fashion of 1798. Her white Lisbeth-style hat is worn above a cherry-red cap edged in black crepe. Her peasant-style cross on a velvet cord (a la Jeannette) was popular since 1782. The hat was inspired by the Swiss peasant character Lisbeth in the opera by Gretry and Edmond de Favieres performed by Madame Saint-Aubin at the Opera-Comique, 10 January 1797. Drawn at Longchamp racetrack. Chapeau blanc a la Lisbeth sur un toque cerise borde en crepe noir. Croix a la Jeannette. (Dess. à Longchamp) Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere’s Journal
Woman in a Lisbeth hat in the fashion of 1798. Her white Lisbeth-style hat is worn above a cherry-red cap edged in black crepe. Her peasant-style cross on a velvet cord (a la Jeannette) was popular since 1782. The hat was inspired by the Swiss peasant character Lisbeth in the opera by Gretry and Edmond de Favieres performed by Madame Saint-Aubin at the Opera-Comique, 10 January 1797. Drawn at Longchamp racetrack. Chapeau blanc a la Lisbeth sur un toque cerise borde en crepe noir. Croix a la Jeannette. (Dess. à Longchamp) Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere’s Journal des Modes et Dames, Paris, 1798. The illustrations in volume 1 were by Carle Vernet, Claude Louis Desrais and Philibert Louis Debucourt.
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