Merveilleuse: Toque Polonaise, Robe de Velours plein
Designer Horace Vernet French
Engraver Georges Jacques Gatine French
Not on view
Hand-colored engraving with design for the costume of a Merveilleuse, part of the book "Incroyables et Merveilleuses," with 33 costume plates designed by Horace Vernet and engraved by Georges Jacques Gatine, published ca. 1815 in Paris. The costume in this plate consists of a dark blue Polish Toque, with square-shaped crown, a long, dark blue empire dress with long sleeves, interlacing decorative motifs, and brown fur collar and borders on the sleeves and skirt, a matching brown fur muff, and dark blue boots with brown fur details. The hands are covered with white gloves, one of them holding a small, white scallop-edged fichu.
