Femmes Collection

Coal Riddling workshop, at the mines of Blanzy, c. 1860 (w / c)
CHT157379 Coal Riddling workshop, at the mines of Blanzy, c.1860 (w/c) by Bonhomme, Ignace Francois (1809-81); CNAM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers

Brochure cover for Palace Aux Femmes, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927

Cauchoise, woman of Caux in striped dress, 19th century (engraving)
5855668 Cauchoise, woman of Caux in striped dress, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Woman of Caux in striped dress. She has removed the tall bonnet but wears its ties like a beguin)

Cauchoise
5855666 Cauchoise; (add.info.: Woman of Caux in tall bonnet with long lace tails fixed with a large pin. Almost all the women of Caux wear hairpiece chignon)

Costume d'Yvetot
5855660 Costume d'Yvetot; (add.info.: A woman in long plum dress with blue stole from the village of Yvetot, rear view, showing the long lace tails from her bonnet)

Costume of Coutances
5855682 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Coutances. The base of the bonnet is spread and the wings of the papillon (butterfly) are pulled far back behind the ears

Costume of Lisieux
5855675 Costume of Lisieux; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Lisieux, a town in Calvados. She wears a bonnet with a small base and surprisingly large "papillon" (butterfly) top

Frontispiece
5855763 Frontispiece; (add.info.: Frontispiece: g105 Costumes of the departments of the lower Seine: Calvados, la Manche and lfOrne.h The artist has assembled all the different headdresses of)

Costume of Granville
5855759 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. This cape is called a capot: it is made of wool from Saint-Cyr)

Woman of Fecamp
5855754 Woman of Fecamp; (add.info.: Woman of Fecamp. Like the serre-tete of le Havre, this one too is decorated only to the temples. She wears a cape with hood, and stands in the port)

Servant of Fecamp
5855753 Servant of Fecamp; (add.info.: Servant of Fecamp. If the bonnet is simple, the cape with hood is very ornate with double collar and pleated decorated edges)

Servant from the Bayeux area
5855748 Servant from the Bayeux area; (add.info.: Servant from the Bayeux area. The wearer must have beautiful features to look pretty with this headdress)

Costume of Isigny
5855747 Costume of Isigny; (add.info.: Costume of Isigny. Her bonnet is even larger than that of Bayeux, with wings that are lifted and folded to join in the middle before falling to the side)

Costume of Avranches
5855742 Costume of Avranches; (add.info.: Costume of Avranches. Rear view of the bonnet in Plate 84, showing the small hairpiece chignon. Mont Saint Michel can be seen in the background)

Costume of Avranches
5855741 Costume of Avranches; (add.info.: Costume of Avranches. She wears a bonnet with a larger top than we have seen previously)

Milkmaid of Cherbourg
5855739 Milkmaid of Cherbourg; (add.info.: Milkmaid of Cherbourg. In Normandy, the women usually carry goods on their shoulders, not on their heads or in their arms)

Costume of Carentan
5855736 Costume of Carentan; (add.info.: Costume of a servant of Carentan. The only remarkable thing about her clothes is the square ends of the papillon (butterfly) wings of her bonnet

Woman of Coutances
5855735 Woman of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman of Coutances, in casual home or night dress. The headdress is similar to the serre-tete worn in Paris, but with a different top)

Costume of Saint-Lo
5855731 Costume of Saint-Lo.; (add.info.: Costume of Saint-Lo. The hat is called a "bonnet rond." The background shows a view of one of the terraces next to the Champ-de-Mars)

Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe
5855726 Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe.; (add.info.: Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe. While the bonnet is not so special, the shoes are very elegant)

Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe
5855725 Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe; (add.info.: Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe. The folds in the bonnet are accidental, it is too large for her head)

Costume of the area of Dieppe
5855723 Costume of the area of Dieppe.; (add.info.: Costume of the area of Dieppe. Side view of a bonnet with its papillon (butterfly) wings folded toward the front, giving it a very different air

Costume of the area of Dieppe
5855722 Costume of the area of Dieppe; (add.info.: Costume of the area of Dieppe. The wings of the papillon (butterfly) on this bonnet are folded toward the front

Young woman of St. Aubin
5855720 Young woman of St. Aubin; (add.info.: Young woman of St. Aubin, a servant at Dieppe. Common women often wear a simple bonnet all day)

Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea
5855711 Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea.; (add.info.: Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea. Again the falling tails from the bonnet and the false sleeves in a contrasting colour)

Young woman of Bayeux
5855707 Young woman of Bayeux; (add.info.: Young woman of Bayeux. A novel method of making a tie to fix the bonnet. The background show the entrance to the promenade in Bayeux)

Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen
5855705 Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen; (add.info.: Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen. Here is the mitre in profile. The women of Normandy are very fond of coarse red and blue colours)

Costume of the area of Caen
5855703 Costume of the area of Caen; (add.info.: Woman in costume of the area of Caen. In the background are sailing ships docked at the quay)

Costume of Bolbec
5855696 Costume of Bolbec; (add.info.: Woman in costume of Bolbec, reading a book while resting against a chair. This bavolet bonnet is the most beautiful we have seen)

Costume of Rolleville, drawn at le Havre
5855693 Costume of Rolleville, drawn at le Havre; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Rolleville, drawn at le Havre. She wears an elaborate tall bavolet hat of folded lace)

Young person of le Havre
5855691 Young person of le Havre.; (add.info.: Young woman of the port of le Havre. She wears a bonnet that rises to a point, decorated with lace only to the ears. A silk ribbon is wrapped around it)

Costume of the Dieppe area
5855687 Costume of the Dieppe area; (add.info.: Woman in costume of the Dieppe area. Rear view of the tall bavolet bonnet with two long lace tails reaching to the shoulder)

Costume of the Coutances area
5855685 Costume of the Coutances area; (add.info.: A young woman from the Coutances area who could not help but sacrifice most of her hair)

Costume of Coutances
5855683 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Coutances. Here is a really large bavolet bonnet, with the most luxurious decoration)

Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen
5855679 Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen.; (add.info.: Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen. It's not the tall bavolet bonnet that is remarkable here so much as the hair chignon held up in)

Cauchoise
5855659 Cauchoise; (add.info.: Woman of Caux in white dress, tall bonnet with lace tails. All the elegant women of St. Clair are assembled for a harvest festival in an apple orchard)

Servant in Caen
5855701 Servant in Caen; (add.info.: Servant girl in Caen. She wears a tall bavolet bonnet, and carries a basket. In the background can be seen the fish market and part of the church of Saint Pierre)

Costume of Bois d'Embourg
5855690 Costume of Bois d'Embourg; (add.info.: Costume of Bois d'Embourg. Rear view of the tall bavolet bonnet with lace tails. The model is the mother of the girl in plate 32)

Costume of Bois d'Embourg
5855688 Costume of Bois d'Embourg; (add.info.: Costume of Bois d'Embourg, three leagues from Rouen. Tall bonnet with lace tails hanging forward over the face)

Costume of Coutances
5855684 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman in costume of Coutances. Rear view of a very tall bavolet bonnet showing the artful lacing with pink and silver ribbon)

Oyster shucker of Le Havre
5855681 Oyster shucker of Le Havre; (add.info.: Oyster shucker of Le Havre. She wears a low bonnet decorated with lace only to the ears)

Bouquet-maker at Rouen cathedral
5855678 Bouquet-maker at Rouen cathedral; (add.info.: Bouquet-maker at the plaza in front of Rouen cathedral. She wears a shawl with all its edges decorated and a capuchon)

Costume of Granville
5855762 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. A woman in her finery. Rear view of the conine headdress showing the tasteful manner of folding the tails)

Costume of Granville
5855756 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. The women of Granville dress in very fine fabrics, but never wear lace in their bonnets)

Costume of Etrepagny
5855751 Costume of Etrepagny; (add.info.: Costume of Etrepagny. The village is famous for its lace, and we have here a lace-maker. She wears a small bonnet, a very short jacket over a long dress)

Costume of Honfleur
5855750 Costume of Honfleur; (add.info.: Costume of Honfleur. The bonnet is poorly set, but that is the fashion in this region. The port is visible in the background)

Woman of Polet, Dieppe
5855729 Woman of Polet, Dieppe; (add.info.: Woman of Polet, Dieppe. Polet is a suburb inhabited principally by sailors. This woman is in her Sunday best, on her way back from church)

Fish merchant at Dieppe
5855728 Fish merchant at Dieppe; (add.info.: Fish merchant at Dieppe. All the women at the port wear short petticoats. The background shows the main dock)

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