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Gallery of French Fashions and Costumes, 1781, oo 218: New Coiffure, Front View (...)
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Gallery of French Fashions and Costumes, 1781, oo 218: New Coiffure, Front View (...)

Pierre Adrien Le Beau · 1781 · engraving; hand coloring; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Woman's bust with deep décolleté, in an oval. Coiffure, where the hair is combed smoothly back, frizzed up on top as a 'hérisson' and has curls at the back and sides like the hairstyle 'à l'enfance'. The whole is decorated with a crown of flowers. Earring in the right ear. Print from series oo. 38th Cahier des Costumes Français, 9th Suite des Coeffures à la mode en 1781, Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Français.

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Credit lineGallerie des Modes et Costumes Français, 1781, oo 218 : Coeffure Nouvelle le devant (...). 1781. Pierre Adrien Le Beau. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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