"Costume Parisien" Fashion Plates from Journal des Dames et Des Modes and Costume Parisien (The Journal of Ladies and Fashion)
1804 and 1806
Paris, France
Paris
These French fashion plates illustrate the European taste for imported luxuries, particularly from Southeast Asia. In addition to wearing a Kashmir-style shawl, the woman depicted in the plate on the right wears a dress trimmed with so-called “Rubans Turcs” or Turkish ribbons.
.1 Etching and engraving in black ink with watercolor on cream laid paper .2 Etching and engraving in black ink with watercolor and touches of metallic watercolor on cream wove paper