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Noblewoman of Swabia in Purple Jacket and Green Skirt, Costume of 1581, 1757
£305
$405 · €360
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1757
- Technique
- Copper Engraving
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Light handling wear to the bottom left corner; minor nicks along the left edge. Light, uneven toning, lightly soiled along the bottom, left, right and top edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin.
- Wardrobe
- Court & couture
- Era
- 1700s, Rococo
- Stock no.
- BG-14276-180
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
This is an original antique copper engraving with hand coloring, lettered "Habit of a Noble Woman of Swabia, in 1581." It is plate 180 from Thomas Jefferys' A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, published in London in 1757. The noblewoman stands with her hands folded, her hair held in a net beneath a small hat with a jeweled band and a pink plume. She wears a ruff and several gold chains, and a short purple jacket with puffed sleeve heads over long green sleeves. Her full green skirt, worked with a large scrolling pattern and banded in dark gray edged with gold, opens at the front over a gray latticed panel.
The English title is engraved in script below the figure, with the French caption "Damoiselle de Souabe." (Young gentlewoman of Swabia) beneath it and the plate number 180 at lower right. No engraver or designer is named on the plate. The date in the English title is the date of the costume shown; the print itself was published in 1757.
Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, published the second volume of A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern from his premises in the Strand, London, in 1757. As the title page states, the figures follow the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others. The book was bilingual, with the French title Recueil des Habillements de Différentes Nations, and its plates pair an English title in script with a shorter French caption.
The plate works well framed on its own, or as part of a small group of regional costume prints in matching frames.
Condition: Light handling wear to the bottom left corner; minor nicks along the left edge. Light, uneven toning, lightly soiled along the bottom, left, right and top edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
