Cabinet des Modes ou les Modes Nouvelles, 15 Septembre 1786, pl. II, Man in frak and yellow knee breeches, leaning on a wall. According to the accompanying text, the man is fashionable with his reddish-brown frak, a color fashionable in the fall of 1786. The coat has a lining of the same color and the edges are finished with white piping 'formant le passe-poil' (the latter is described as a sophisticated modernity: Marie-Jes: exactly is meant here ?)) With mother of pearl buttons. Pink vest and culot by Casimir. Grey silk stockings and shoes with watches on his

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