La Mode élégante / V. Muchot / After A. Dortiese
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.200
- Title
- La Mode élégante
- Artist
- V. Muchot
- Medium and Support
- wood engraving with hand coloring on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1870
- Credit Line
- Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
- Dimensions
- 30.48 cm x 24.13 cm (12 in. x 9 1/2 in.)
- Physical Description
- This colored engraving depicts two women and one child in elaborate dress. The central figure is a woman standing in a dark green dress decorated with lighter green trimmings. Her hair is gathered in a headpiece made up of green ribbons and pink flowers. To the right of her a woman in a black and grey dress sits on a burgundy chaise. The child standing on the left of the composition is outfitted in a navy blue and pale blue costume with a jacket trimmed in white. The child reaches toward something kept in the standing woman’s left hand.
- Subject Matter
- A fashion print with a standing woman in a green dress, a seated woman in black and grey and a child in blue.
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- associated concepts
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- costume by form
- culture and related concepts
- culture-related concepts
- headgear
- main garments
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by gender
- youth
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2340 x 3313
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2012/2.200
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.200/2012_2_200.jpg
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"La Mode élégante; V. Muchot; After A. Dortiese." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.200/2012_2_200.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 22, 2024.
