19th c. FRENCH Fashion Plate Engraving Courrier des Modes 1830s
Hand-colored engraving on woven paper from the Courrier de la Mode - Journal des Dames et des Demoiselles. Journal des Dames et des Modes was a French fashion magazine published between 1797 and 1839, at 15 Rue du Dragon.
"Toilettes de la maison Gagelin - Modes d'Alexandine - Fourrures de la maison L'Huillier - Dentelles de la maison Violard - Gants de la maison Preville - Chaussures dee l'apallu - Modes d'enfants de la maison S'Augustin - Parfumerie de Fagner - Laboulee""Bourmancé 26t Vendome" "Imp Lemercier Paris"
In original period frame. Fabulous craquelure aging to painted surface.
DATE:
c. 1830s
Marked in pencil 1855, but the Journal was only in production thru 1839.
SIZE:
Frame: 13.5" H x 11.5" W x .75" D
View: 11.5" x 9-3/8"
CONDITION:
GOOD.
Some foxing and mottling, and edge darkening.