Cassidy Percoco, Fashion Historian
January 20, 1787 PLATE III If we have hardly showed anything but men and women, women and men, for a long time; if we neglected to separately show different objects which are useful for the toilette or decoration, it's that when we tried last year, many Ladies, apparently fearing that we were busying ourselves too … Continue reading Magasin des Modes, 7e Cahier, Plate III
July 15, 1786 PLATE III. A Ring chart. M. Bourignon de Saintes, Correspondent of the Royal Society of Medicine, for several Academies, and of MONSIEUR's Museum, has made us the honor of sending us Research on Rings and other Jewels of women of antiquity, and gave us permission to put it into our Books. We … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 17e Cahier, 3e Figure
At the top of the Plate, on the left, a Bust of a Woman. Gauze cap, à la Jannette.* Kerchief of Italian gauze, à la Henri IV, knotted with a pink ribbon. Gown of dark green satin. The earrings are plaquettes. On the right, another Bust of a Woman. Cane hat, à la Marlborough, surmounted … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 2e Cahier, 3e Planche
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