FASHION - FRENCH COSTUMES OF THE 18th CENTURY. - Lot 816

FASHION - FRENCH COSTUMES OF THE 18th CENTURY. Booklet / Catalogue well illustrated, 72 pages - 21 x 16 cm, from the exhibition at the MUSEE CARNAVALET from November 1954 to January 1955. Articles on the history of costume, particularly from the 18th century. Catalog of men's and women's clothing, shoes from the Regency (1715-1723), 1st part of the reign of Louis XV (1724-1750), 2nd part of the reign of Louis XV (1750-1770), End of the reign of Louis XV and beginning of Louis XVI (1770-1781), 2nd part of the reign of Louis XVI (1781-1789). Also presented are children's costumes, clothing accessories (buttons, fans, etc.), and the trades involved in the clothing trade (hosiery makers, button makers, passementiers, embroiderers, hat makers, shoemakers, drapers, dressmakers, etc.) - 372 objects referenced and described. JOINTE PHOTO de l' agence de Presse Record, 18 x 13 cm, "inauguration Musée Carnavalet importante exposition d' authentiques costumes du 18e siècle. Presented here on mannequins are court dresses. In the center: a dress that belonged to Mlle CLAIRON, a famous tragedienne and brilliant interpreter of Voltaire's theater".