Galerie des modes et costumes français, dessinés d'après nature, 1778-1787;
This is a 1912 Paris reprint of the Galerie des modes et costumes français, a fashion-plate series drawn from life between 1778 and 1787 and published for a French audience by É. Lévy, with plates edited by Paul Cornu. The hand-coloured prints show late eighteenth-century Parisian dress, with each figure set on a plain ground beneath a French caption. A designer could take silhouettes, layered bonnets, lace ruffles and bold colour pairings such as red with cream or green with blue for period-inspired costume work.
