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Les Garnitures

Fashion Plate
ca. 1814 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print showing a caricatured image of a woman wearing an elaborately frillled outfit, seen from behind.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Les Garnitures (assigned by artist)
  • Le Bon Genre (series title)
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving
Brief description
'Les Garnitures', fashion plate No. 50 from Le Bon Genre, France, ca. 1814
Physical description
Print showing a caricatured image of a woman wearing an elaborately frillled outfit, seen from behind.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.25in
  • Width: 6.875in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1916-1918, London: HMSO, 1920.
Credit line
Given by Harold Wallis
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1916-1918, London: HMSO, 1920
Collection
Accession number
E.521-1918

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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