Costume Design Sketches including a Bouffant Skirt, Hat, and Bodice
Anonymous, French, 18th century|Antoine Caire-Morand|Anonymous, French, 19th century
ca. 1785–90 · Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache · Drawings and Prints
Page with sketches of a bouffant skirt, a large bonnet-style hat, an obscured ribbon, a bodice, and a ruffled sleeave. At the left is a sketch of a bouffant skirt with a tassled, embroidered ribbon tied at the waist. To the right is a graphite sketch of a woman wearing a large straw and red striped large bonnet-style hat. The hat is rendered in gouache. Below her is a rubbing in which a ribbon is visible. Further to the right is a sketch of a sleeve with a ruffle. Directly below the sleeve is a gouache and ink drawing of a white fabric shirt ruffled at the neck, and a tight green corseted bodice with red trimmings.
- Artist
- Anonymous, French, 18th century|Antoine Caire-Morand|Anonymous, French, 19th century
- Date
- ca. 1785–90
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957
