Riding costume, French 1882
Rating
Title
Riding costume , French 1882
Subject - LCSH
Women's clothing Color in clothing Dresses Riding habit Horses Jackets Buttons Hats Earrings Necklaces Bracelets Fans Bows (Ribbon work) Lace and lace making Pleats (Sewing) Gloves Vests
Subject - Local
19th C costume France Crop, riding Chokers Ruffle Floral patterns
Coverage - Spatial
France
Historical decade
1880-1889
Historical period
French - Third Republic, 1870-1940
Description
Two women are depicted at the base of an outside stairway . The woman on the left wears a royal blue riding habit . Her hair is dressed up in curls and she holds her hat and riding crop in her right hand . In her left hand she holds up the long skirt of the habit . She has a black bow tied at her neck , over a white standing collar . Her long sleeved jacket has three white buttons at the bust , and is open beneath . Underneath her jacket she wears a white center buttoned vest , which like her jacket is hip length . The woman on the right also wears her hair dressed up in curls , with one curl loose at the back . Her dress is gray with a yellow bodice trimmed in ruffled white lace around her collar , the hems of her elbow length sleeves , down the center of her hip length bodice , and on the hem of her draped overskirt . She wears a hip length yellow and pink vest . The vest is yellow with a pink floral pattern , and pink fabric edging the center front . On the pink edging are yellow fastenings angled down into a "V " shape . Her skirt is trimmed with narrow pink ribbon , and wide pink bows . The skirt has pleats at the hem and a short train . Her accessories include white gloves , gold pendant circular earrings , gold bracelets , a gold fan , and a black choker with a gold pendant . Behind the two women a groom holds two horses .
Notes
Written on frame is "French Equestrienne 1882"
Publisher
Ella Strong Denison Library
Source
Fashion Plate , engraving (print) , colored , 7.75 x 10.125 inches ; Scripps College , Ella Strong Denison Library , Macpherson Collection , Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby , box 10
Collection
Fashion Plate Collection , 19th Century - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/fpc
Rights
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the Ella Strong Denison Library at http://libraries.claremont.edu/denison
Type
Image
Format
image/jp2
Object File Name
fpc00460.tif
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