Keywords: A box at the Italian Opera, 1852.jpg Artwork The seated women wear dresses that are fairly sumptuous and expose the shoulders They both wear shawl berthas wrapped around their shoulders and their hair is decorated with ribbons feathers and lace The standing man wears a black coat with a white tie codified as appropriate evening dress during this period The woman standing wears a fur-lined cloak and fashionable wavy hair Abstract sources Boucher François 20 000 Years of Fashion New York Harry N Abrams Inc 1967 Ruppert Jacques Le Costume Français Paris Flammarion 1996 1898 colored plate 10 x 15 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line accession number 1-SIZE GT887 U8 1898 1151940790865523 PD-old-100 Images of Paris from the Brown University Library 1852 in Paris Fashion in 1852 Theater boxes in art 1852 Théâtre Italien Les modes de Paris 061 Fashion plates depicting men Fur fashion in 1852 |