La Mode élégante / V. Muchot / After A. Dortiese
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.201
- 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 features what appear to be three generations of women in elaborate dress in an interior space. A young girl in a brown dress is positioned with her back to the viewer on the left of the composition. She presents an object to a woman in a blue-grey dress who is seated in the center of the composition holding a piece of paper in her right hand. A young woman in a dark and pale turquoise dress stands on the right of the composition looking down at the child. Between the two adult figures is a table decorated with a vase of pink flowers.
- Subject Matter
- A fashion print of a seated woman with a letter accompanied by a standing woman in a blue dress and a young girl in a brown dress.
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by form
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- costume by form
- culture and related concepts
- culture-related concepts
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- headgear
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plants
- seating furniture
- settlements and landscapes
- single seating furniture
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- woody plants
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2286 x 3237
- File Size
- 990 KB
- Record
- 2012/2.201
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.201/2012_2_201.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-2.201/2012_2_201.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.