Woman of Majorca, Spain, 19th century

Woman of Majorca, Spain, 19th century. She wears a fichu-wimple combination tied at the throat with a ribbon bow called a floque, black dress with fitted bodice, black petticoat trimmed with flounces, fobwatch hanging from her belt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827

Bodice Curls Divers Fitted Flounce Gatine Lante Majorca Petticoat Ringlets

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