French Fashion Plates of the Romantic Era in Full Color
Product Description
120 Plates from the "Petit Courrier Des Dames," 1830-34
by Judy M Johnson
An excellent resource for reproductions of high-fashion illustrations from rare issues of French periodical devoted largely to "Paris fashions" for women. Lavish costumes exhibit innumerable variations of "open" and "closed" types of bodices, plus hats often startling in size and color.
ISDN:0486267342