At 19:30 20/10/2005, you wrote:
Hi Suzi,
No it is not Galleries des modes et costumes francais, but a fashion
journal called "Cahier de Costumes francaise.
I must try to find out if this fashion journal is on the library of
museum of fine arts, cause i have never noticed this one before.
Quality of the print is equally as fine as the modes et costumes journal.
I shall be interested to learn the results of your search. As you
know, fashion plates were copied one magazine to another, and the
descriptions sound similar. (I have a later plate (1798/9 that is a
copy of a rare and famous Richard Phillips!) By the way, I love the
idea of the rose and grey - following your research for my information too.
Suzi
In The Art of Dress by Ashelford, i have found a fashionprint of a
man wearing demi galla. He has lilc breeches and waistcoat, and a
green jacket. These collours are equally dark. Demi Galla was
unlike the full court dress only embroidered with a small edge. He
is escorting a lady in full galla, so i guess it would be all
right after all to make the waistcoat medium grey.
Bjarne
Is this fashion plate from "Galerie des Modes"1778-1787? If so, the
original colour of the man's suit is a sort of dark apple green,
all three pieces. with a blue lining to the coat. The date is 1779.
It is described as "gros de Naples" and is embroidered with
"paillettes". He is on the right and the lady in court dress is on
the left, wearing purple and carrying a small purse in her hand,
collecting for charity according to the text.
This may not be the same, but I cannot find my copy of the
Ashelford book to compare.
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