Plate 46: Habit de Folie: a woman in a ballet pose, wearing a bonnet and holding a marotte in her right hand, from 'New designs for costumes' (Nouveaux desseins d'habillements à l'usage des balets operas et comedies)
Claude Gillot|François Joullain
ca. 1721 · Etching · Drawings and Prints
Drawing, design for a female costume, 'habit de folie', from the 'New designs for costumes' (Nouveaux desseins d'habillements à l'usage des balets operas et comedies). The drawing depicts a woman in a ballet pose, wearing a long dress with double sleeves made up of pointed leaves, and two layers of pointed leaves on the skirt. She wears a bonnet with two points on the head, high heels, and holds a marotte in her right hand.
- Artist
- Claude Gillot|François Joullain
- Date
- ca. 1721
- Medium
- Etching
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
