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Les Modes Parisiennes, 1877, No. 1761: Modèles des Grands Magasins, fashion print, Two women look out over the sea from the shore. According to the caption: 'modèles' from the Grands Magasins de la Ville de Paris. Below are some lines of advertising text for different products. Print from the fashion magazine Les Modes Parisiennes (1843-1885)., title: 'LES MODES PARISIENNES', caption: 'Modèles des Grands Magasins de la Ville de Paris, 170, rue Montmartre. Spécialité de Costume en véritable cachemire des Indes, Mon Le Houssel, 1, r. Auber. Ceintures régente de Mmes de Vertus soeurs, 12, r. Auber.', address: 'Bureaux, 25, Rue de Lille.', printmaker: Paul Deferneville, colorer (graphic design artist): Huguet, Paris, printer (person): Lucien Marc, colorer (graphic design artist), printer (person), paper, engraving, hand coloring, hand colored, height 370 mm x width 264 mm, flowers, skirt (+ women's clothes), fashion plates, head-gear: hat (+ women's clothes), clothing for the upper part of the body (+ women's clothes), eyeglasses, spectacles, veil (+ women's clothes), parasol, sunshade (+ women's clothes), corsage (+ women's clothes), gloves, mittens (MITAINES) (+ women's clothes), costume, Period., Two women stand on a rocky shoreline facing the sea, dressed in elaborate period gowns. The woman on the left wears a light-colored dress with layered ruffles and horizontal decorative bands near the hem, a fitted bodice with a high collar, long sleeves with ruffled cuffs and ribbon accents, a long veil trailing from a decorated hat, and holds a parasol with ribbon ties. The woman on the right wears a dark, richly trimmed gown with multiple layered puffs and decorative edging, a fitted jacket with striped trim and flared cuffs, a matching hat adorned with a ribbon and floral detail, long hair styled in waves, and holds a thin walking cane. The background shows calm water, distant sailboats, rocky cliffs, and a few seabirds in the sky. The ground beneath them is grassy.
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