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Nicolas Bonnart
Recueil des modes de la cour de France, 'La Belle Plaideuse'1682-1686

Not on view
Hand-colored engraving of a full-length woman in a rust-brown bodice, steel-blue skirt, and white lace veil, holding a fan and document, with French text below
Publisher
Nicolas Bonnart
France, 1637-1717
Title
Recueil des modes de la cour de France, 'La Belle Plaideuse'
Place Made
France, Paris
Date Made
1682-1686
Medium
Hand-colored engraving on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 3/8 x 9 1/4 in. (36.51 x 23.50 cm); Composition: 10 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (27.31 x 18.73 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. H. Tony Oppenheimer, Mr. and Mrs. Reed Oppenheimer, Hal Oppenheimer, Alice and Nahum Lainer, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Oppenheimer, Ricki and Marvin Ring, Mr. and Mrs. David Sydorick, the Costume Council Fund, and member of the Costume Council
Accession Number
M.2002.57.86
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Provenance

Patrick and Elisabeth Sourget, Chartres, France;

Ursus Rare Books, Ltd., New York, NY;

2002 - Present Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States, California, Los Angeles

Selected Bibliography
  • Edwards, Lydia. How to Read a Dress: a Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.