Femmes Collection (page 2)

Costume of the area of Dieppe
5855724 Costume of the area of Dieppe.; (add.info.: Costume of the area of Dieppe. Rear view of a bonnet with its papillon (butterfly) wings folded toward the front, giving it a very different air

Costume of Saint Aubin
5855721 Costume of Saint Aubin; (add.info.: Costume of a woman of Saint Aubin, near Dieppe. Looking at this figure one realizes why the women of Normandy are fond of the bridle that is part of almost)

Young woman of Bayeux
5855708 Young woman of Bayeux; (add.info.: Young woman of Bayeux. The bodice of this dress is much shorter in the back than in the front)

Cauchoise
5855658 Cauchoise; (add.info.: Woman of Caux in white dress, tall blue bonnet with long lace veils, carrying a bouquet of roses in the village of Yvetot)

Costume of Caen
5855700 Costume of Caen; (add.info.: Costume of Caen. The bonnet is of great height, with the veils twisted over the crown of artificial flowers up to a point like a mitre)

Costume of the Dieppe area
5855686 Costume of the Dieppe area; (add.info.: Woman in costume of the Dieppe area. She wears a bonnet covered in silk, set on a velvet band. Her white dress is trimmed with embroidered roses)

Costume of Coutances
5855680 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Coutances, in the department of Manche. She wears a tall bonnet trimmed with lace, a plain red shawl and simple white dress)

Costume of Granville
5855760 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. A woman in her finery. This hairstyle is called the "conine." It is extraordinary that this simple style can appear so)

Costume of Granville
5855758 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. This woman is a fish merchant, and wears a woollen cape, violet stockings and black shoes)

Costume of Alencon
5855752 Costume of Alencon; (add.info.: Costume of Alencon. A peasant woman returning from the market. She wears an apron on top of an apron, and headband on top of headband)

Costume of Coutances
5855734 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Costume of Coutances. View from the front of a bonnet similar to the one in Plate 76, with the bonnet's papillon (butterfly) wings horizontal

Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea
5855710 Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea; (add.info.: Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea. The bonnet is called a "dormeuse" or sleeper)

Costume of Caen
5855702 Costume of Caen; (add.info.: Costume of Caen. The woman has fixed her bavolet bonnet with two ribbons - one under the chin and one across the forehead)

Cauchoise
5855665 Cauchoise; (add.info.: Servant woman wearing the bonnet of ordinary women in Yvetot, in striped apron and full skirt)

Cauchoise
5855664 Cauchoise; (add.info.: Woman of Limpiville on the day of the Festival of the Assumption. She wears a bonnet with very long lace tails)

Costume of Granville
5855757 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. The same bonnet as in Plate 99, with the tails of chiffon folded and tied. She has knotted her shawl in the same fashion)

Tradeswoman of Lisieux
5855743 Tradeswoman of Lisieux; (add.info.: Tradeswoman of Lisieux. She wears a serre-tete fixed with a double ribbon, like those worn by the women of Paris at night)

Servant at Carentan
5855737 Servant at Carentan; (add.info.: Servant at Carentan. The simple cotton bonnet looks good on the heads of the women of Normandy. She is spinning yarn while leaning against a wooden gate)

Costume of Coutances
5855733 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Costume of Coutances. While the woman in Plate 25 wore an everyday bonnet, this woman is wearing a demi-pare bonnet - the bavolet was for the finest)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855714 Costume of St. Valery en Caux.; (add.info.: Costume of St. Valery en Caux. The decoration of the bonnet is unlike anything we've seen at Rolleville or Bolbec)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855713 Costume of St. Valery en Caux; (add.info.: Costume of St. Valery en Caux. The bonnet is larger but not as tall as that of Bolbec, and the chignon is shorter)

Cauchoise
5855663 Cauchoise; (add.info.: A country servant woman from Yvetot wearing tall hat, bodice, shawl and scarlet skirt. The people of the ancient province of Normandy eat well: bread, vegetable soup)

Costume of Pont-Leveque
5855745 Costume of Pont-Leveque.; (add.info.: Costume of Pont-Leveque, Calvados. This woman wears bonnet of her village on top of a cornet "a la Parisienne." The cornet is decorated with)

Costume of Cherbourg
5855740 Costume of Cherbourg; (add.info.: Costume of Cherbourg. This young woman appears to be from a rich family. In Cherbourg, the bavolet bonnet is only worn by old women)

Costume of Saint-Lo
5855732 Costume of Saint-Lo; (add.info.: Costume of Saint-Lo. A young woman of a higher class than the person in Plate 74)

Woman of Polet, Dieppe, dressed for a festival
5855730 Woman of Polet, Dieppe, dressed for a festival; (add.info.: Woman of Polet, Dieppe, dressed for a festival. The simple headdress is difficult to reconcile with the decoration of the clothes)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855719 Costume of St. Valery en Caux; (add.info.: Costume of a woman of St. Valery en Caux. Again the simple bonnet, this time covered with a striped toile)

Young girl from Villers-Bocage
5855712 Young girl from Villers-Bocage; (add.info.: Young girl from Villers-Bocage. A new and very coquettish way to fix the tails of the bonnet)

Costume of Rolleville
5855694 Costume of Rolleville; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Rolleville. Side view of the tall bavolet bonnet. The decorations on the front)

Costume of Bolbec
5855692 Costume of Bolbec; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Bolbec. Tradeswoman in blue dress, lace shawl and bonnet. Bolbec is a town seven leagues from le Havre with a population of 5, 500)

Costume of Bois d'Embourg
5855689 Costume of Bois d'Embourg.; (add.info.: Young woman in the costume of Bois d'Embourg, three leagues from Rouen. She wears a tall bavolet bonnet with long tails)

Tradeswoman of Rouen
5855672 Tradeswoman of Rouen; (add.info.: Tradeswoman of Rouen wearing a bonnet called a bavolet. She wears a chocolate brown dress and carries an umbrella)

Costume of a woman at the coutnry festival of St. Gorgon, near Rouen
5855669 Costume of a woman at the coutnry festival of St. Gorgon, near Rouen; (add.info.: Costume of a woman at the country festival of St. Gorgon, near Rouen)

Woman from St. Valery
5855662 Woman from St. Valery; (add.info.: Woman of the port of St. Valery, wearing a card bonnet covered in silk and decorated with lace, carrying a basket)

Cauchoise on horseback
5855661 Cauchoise on horseback; (add.info.: Woman from Caux with tall bonnet and lace veils on horseback, wearing the traditional costume)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855717 Costume of St. Valery en Caux; (add.info.: Costume of a fish merchant at St. Valery en Caux. She wears a simple bonnet in toile. The port can be seen in the background)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855716 Costume of St. Valery en Caux.; (add.info.: Costume of St. Valery en Caux. The bonnet is covered with blue silk and black velvet)

Young woman of Bayeux
5855706 Young woman of Bayeux; (add.info.: Young woman of Bayeux. Many things here to note: the wide parting in the hair, the angles of the tails, the green bib over the pink apron)

Costume of Pont l'Eveque
5855699 Costume of Pont l'Eveque; (add.info.: Costume of Pont l'Eveque. The bavolet bonnet differs slightly from that of Lisieux)

Costume of Lisieux
5855698 Costume of Lisieux; (add.info.: Woman in costume of Lisieux. She wears a cotton bonnet decorated with a ribbon. In the background, laundry women wash linen in the river)

Costume of Granville
5855761 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. A woman in her finery. It is not necessary to visit Granville to see this costume)

Costume of Vire
5855749 Costume of Vire; (add.info.: Costume of Vire. The bonnet is a bavolet with short tails, the hair is separated at the front and rolled in curls over the temples, with a short chignon)

Servant of Pont-Audemer
5855746 Servant of Pont-Audemer; (add.info.: Servant of Pont-Audemer. Her bonnet is similar to that of Pont l'Eveque, but the back is folded, perhaps a personal twist of the wearer)

Costume of Pont-Leveque
5855744 Costume of Pont-Leveque; (add.info.: Costume of Pont-Leveque, Calvados. The bonnet is similar to that of Lisieux, but not so tall, and the papillon wings are pulled back further)

Costume of Cherbourg
5855738 Costume of Cherbourg; (add.info.: Costume of Cherbourg. The bonnet has very short papillon butterfly wings, she wears a short chignon and a striped petticoat under the apron)

Young girl of Varengeville, near Dieppe
5855727 Young girl of Varengeville, near Dieppe; (add.info.: Young girl of Varengeville, near Dieppe. The bonnet is of cotton toile. Varengeville is a league and a half from Dieppe)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855718 Costume of St. Valery en Caux.; (add.info.: Costume of a shrimp merchant at St. Valery en Caux. The old tower in the background is now an inn)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855715 Costume of St. Valery en Caux.; (add.info.: Costume of St. Valery en Caux. There seems to be no tie or strap to fix the bonnet)

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