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1971-3089, Print
Jeune Dame tenant son enfant dans les bras, plate 160
1971-3089, Print

Jeune Dame tenant son enfant dans les bras, plate 160

Date1779
After work by Pierre-Thomas LeClerc (ca. 1740 - ca. 1799)
Engraver Jean Baptiste Patas (1748 - 1817)
Publisher Esnauts & Rapilly (fl. ca. 1775-1811)
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumEtching and line engraving with hand color
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1971-3089
DescriptionPrint is from Galeries des Modes, 27e Cahier, 4e Figure

Upper right corner: "160"
Lower margin reads: "Dessiné par Le Clerc/ Grave par Patas/ Jeune Dame tenant son enfant dans les bras: elle ets vetu d'un caraco à la bandes et a ner/ vures d'une autre couleur: les bandes sont ornées autour, d'une petite blonde. Elle est coeffée d'un joli chapeau de paille bordé de ruban avec une garinature de gaze en forme de champignon et un ruban roulé/ A Paris ches Esnauts et Rapilly, rue S.t Jacques, à la Ville de Coutances, A.P.D.R"

Translation:
Young Lady holding her infant in her arms; she is dressed in a caraco à la Polonaise with bands and piping in another color: the bands are edged with a little blonde lace. She is coiffed with a pretty straw hat edged with ribbon, with a trimming of gauze in the shape of a mushroom, and a twisted ribbon.

The Galerie des Modes provides futher information on this plate. It reads:
CARACO A LA POLONAISE, trimmed in bands, and crossing in front, with sleeves en parement in Peasant style. The petticoat is cut by a half-apron, equipped with pockets and trimmed with gauze around the perimeter.

This young mother, who is walking her infant, has pierced ears furnished with little rings, called "night rings". Hair en chien couchant, hanging chignon, with falling curls on top.
Label TextThis plate was published in the French fashion periodical "Gallerie des Modes et du Costume Francais.The text roughly translates to: "Young Lady holding her infant in her arms; she is dressed in a caraco à la Polonaise with bands and piping in another color: the bands are edged with a little blonde lace. She is coiffed with a pretty straw hat edged with ribbon, with a trimming of gauze in the shape of a mushroom, and a twisted ribbon."

The Galerie des Modes provides futher information on this plate. It reads:
"CARACO A LA POLONAISE, trimmed in bands, and crossing in front, with sleeves en parement in Peasant style. The petticoat is cut by a half-apron, equipped with pockets and trimmed with gauze around the perimeter.

This young mother, who is walking her infant, has pierced ears furnished with little rings, called "night rings". Hair en chien couchant, hanging chignon, with falling curls on top."