November 1, 1786 ADVICE To renew a Subscription, which ends with this Issue. The reception that the Public gave to the Cabinet des Modes and the desire that we have of perfecting it engage us, as we change the title to give it a more extensive form and to enrich it with new material. The title … Continue reading Cabinet des Modés, 24e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Category: 18th century
Cabinet des Modes, 23e Cahier, 3e Figure
October 15, 1786 PLATE III. "OUR fathers transmitted to us, through familiarity with their habits, their coiffures, their offensive and defensive ARMS, and other ornaments that they loved during their lives: we would well know how to recognize this sort of benefaction, by giving the same to our descendants." If the illustrious Philosopher, Labruyère, whose … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 23e Cahier, 3e Figure
Cabinet des Modes, 23e Cahier, 2e Figure
October 15, 1786 PLATE II. TWO women's Busts. The first, dressed in a pink caraco, has her hair done with brought-back hair, covered with a large baigneuse, with wide pleats, trimmed with a very-wide green ribbon, forming a very-wide bow on the front. The second, dressed in a gown of apple green Pekin, has her hair … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 23e Cahier, 2e Figure
Cabinet des Modes, 23e Cahier, 1ere Figure
October 15, 1786 MESDAMES, admit it; while your children are rather little, in order not to make you honest about your age, and not to shut down your coquetry, you take them with you in society, in the promenades, in all the frequented places: and even, when they are pretty, fine, playful, babbling, you glory … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 23e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Cabinet des Modes, 22e Cahier, 3e Figure
October 1, 1786 PLATE III. 1. A Woman dressed in a pink caraco. Her neck is covered with a gauze kerchief en chemise, with two large ordinary collars. Her hair is done all in curls, and she wears on her head a pouf à la Chinoise, of linen-gauze. This pouf is wrapped with a diadême* … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 22e Cahier, 3e Figure
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