Two Costume Designs or Portrait Types of Two Women with Straw Hats

Anonymous, French, 18th century

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Page with two round portraits. The left portrait shows a woman turning towards the right. She wears a green corseted dress with a pink ribbon tied at the waist. She has a tall straw hat with blue flowers and a pink ribbon wrapped around it. The right portrait shows the frontal view of a woman, slightly inclined towards the left. She wears a blue corseted bodice and white skirt. She has a straw hat with blue feathers and a white veil. In between the two portraits is a sketch of a flower basket which has been crossed out with ink.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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