Coryphees at a ball

Coryphees at a ball. Incroyables in jackets with outsize buttons and collars, long cravat, huge bicorn hat, and merveilleuses with decollete dresses and large lace collars. (Coryphees are ballet dancers of a rank between corps du ballet and soloist.) What to say about these breeches with a thousand folds and large jackets that fall with as little grace as from a coat rack? Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817. Coryphees at a ball. Incroyables in jackets with outsize buttons and collars, long cravat, huge bicorn hat, and merveilleuses with decollete dresses and large lace collars. (Coryphees are ballet dancers of a rank between corps du ballet and soloist.) What to say about these breeches with a thousand folds and large jackets that fall with as little grace as from a coat rack? Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Bicorn Cravat Decollete Genre Incroyable Merveilleuse Mesangere Pare Plume Ribbons

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