Costume of Madame Peters, merveilleuse. She wears an English Jockey hat with huge brim, a dress in redcurrant-coloured florence, a black lace scarf "a la Marie-Antoinette" over a blue silk bodice. Handcoloured etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot Jr. from "Costumes of the Directory," Rouquette, Paris, 1875. The etchings were made from designs by Eugene Lacoste and Draner after prints of the era 1795-99. The costumes are from theatre productions "Merveilleuses" and "Pres Saint-Gervais" by Victorien Sardou.
Costume of Madame Peters, merveilleuse. She wears an English Jockey hat with huge brim, a dress in redcurrant-coloured florence, a black lace scarf "a la Marie-Antoinette" over a blue silk bodice. Handcoloured etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot Jr. from "Costumes of the Directory," Rouquette, Paris, 1875. The etchings were made from designs by Eugene Lacoste and Draner after prints of the era 1795-99. The costumes are from theatre productions "Merveilleuses" and "Pres Saint-Gervais" by Victorien Sardou.