The Monument of the Costume, Pietro Antonio Martini, 1789 Canvas Print

The Monument of the Costume, Pietro Antonio Martini, 1789 Canvas Print

In a room in front of a room screen, a doctor sits across from the newly married Céphise and her mother. Céphise is told she is pregnant. In the doorway a listening girl. The ladies wear the 'dormeuse', a hat with semicircular strips on either side of the face. The cleavage is partially covered with a fichu or 'tour de gorge'. No. 1 (13) from series Seconde suite d'estampes, pour servir à l'histoire des Modes et du Costume en France, in which the life of Céphise, a young lady 'du bon ton' and French fashion is depicted.

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