Robe à la Circassienne Garnie à la Chartres: la Coëffure de meme, Avec le Tableau des Evenements

Robe à la Circassienne Garnie à la Chartres: la Coëffure de meme, Avec le Tableau des Evenements by Anonymous, French, 18th century

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Dimensions

sheet: 12 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (32 x 19.4 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924

Accession Number

24.90.1372

Tags

DressesWomenFashion

Art Historical Context

Step into the opulent world of 18-century French fashion with this-colored etching, *Robe à la Circienne Garnie à la Chartres: la Coëffure de meme, Avec Tableau des Evenements*. anonymously in the 1770s, it showcases a stylish woman in a "Circassian robe" trimmed in the Chartres style—a loose, flowing gown inspired by exotic Eastern influences, paired with an elaborate matching coiffure. The title's reference to a "Tableau des Even" suggests a decorative panel evoking significant events, adding narrative flair to the ensemble. This print exemplifies the Rococo era's obsession with fashion as ...

About the Artist

Anonymous, French, 18th century · 17001800

The artist known as Anonymous, French, 18th century, represents a collective of unidentified talents active roughly between 1700 and 1800, a period of profound artistic evolution in France from the opulent Rococo to the austere dawn of Neoclassicism and Revolutionary fervor. Little is documented about their personal training or mentors, as their anonymity obscures individual biographies, though th...

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