The new 'foyer' at the Théâtre Français; Portrait of Mme de R. in 1863

This plate depicts a woman in a cream-colored dress with a fairly wide crinoline. She wears a deep purple mantle made of velvet and a bonnet that reveals her plaited hair, tied around the chin with a broad, yellow ribbon. Abstract sources: Boucher, François. 20,000 Years of Fashion. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1967. Ruppert, Jacques. Le Costume Français. Paris: Flammarion, 1996.