The Saint-Cloud coach meeting, 1817
Summary
The woman depicted in this plate is wearing a white walking dress, identifiable by the rows of ruffles at the hem. White became very fashionable after the Restoration. Her lace collar, reminiscent of the more luxurious times of the Ancien Régime, was quite fashionable in 1817. She is also wearing a spencer, or a type of English-styled women's jacket. The men in the background wear full-length, wider-legged pants, as opposed to the shorter, tighter pants of earlier periods. The men also wear either top hats (haut-de-formes) or bicornes.
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Date
1898
Source
Brown University Library
Copyright info
public domain