Merveilleuse Collection

Man giving a piggyback to a lady in petticoats to cross a gutter after a thunderstorm in Paris
FLO4656914 Man giving a piggyback to a lady in petticoats to cross a gutter after a thunderstorm in Paris. The cobbled street is a river of filth

An Incroyable (fashionable young man), c.1800 (engraving)
2069705 An Incroyable (fashionable young man), c.1800 (engraving); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: Mode. Gravure in: Costumes parisiens, France, vers 1800. Bibl)

Fashionable woman doing embroidery with a hoop, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986541 Fashionable woman doing embroidery with a hoop, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info)

Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in a toque cap, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986479 Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in a toque cap, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in a toque cap)

Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in low-cut dress, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986455 Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in low-cut dress, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in low-cut dress)

Fashionable woman playing the guitar, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986616 Fashionable woman playing the guitar, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse playing the guitar, 1801)

Fashionable woman in nipple-revealing crepe dress, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986602 Fashionable woman in nipple-revealing crepe dress, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info)

Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in low-cut tunic dress, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986630 Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in low-cut tunic dress, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School

Merveilleuse playing a guitar, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986561 Merveilleuse playing a guitar, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Merveilleuse playing a guitar, 1800)

Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in crepe hat, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986502 Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in crepe hat, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in crepe hat, 1801)

Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in ancient Greek hairstyle, 18 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986459 Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in ancient Greek hairstyle, 18 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School

Merveilleuse fixing her hair in front of a mirror, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986582 Merveilleuse fixing her hair in front of a mirror, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info)

Fashionable woman wearing a cashere shawl, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986538 Fashionable woman wearing a cashere shawl, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fashionable woman wearing a cashere shawl, 1800)

Fashionable woman reading a book, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986516 Fashionable woman reading a book, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fashionable woman reading a book, 1800)

Fashionable woman Merveilleuse, France, 18th century, from a print by Carle Vernet
5855388 Fashionable woman Merveilleuse, France, 18th century, from a print by Carle Vernet. by Lechevallier-Chevignard, Edmond (1825-1902); (add.info.: Fashionable woman Merveilleuse, France)

Boys in jackets and breeches with Merveilleuse, 1800
Boys in jackets and breeches with Merveilleuse in Roman robe with bonnet and spencer jacket. Little Patriots, Year VIII, 1800. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Fashionable Incroyables in a gambling den, 1800
Fashionable Incroyables in high-collar jackets at a gambling table with young woman and croupier. A gambling hell in the Palais Royal, Year VIII, 1800

In the Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Nationale, 1897. The search for bygone fashions. Two women in dresses with corseted waists

Fashionable woman in front of the Bains Vigier, 1797
Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in front of the Bains Vigier or Vigiers thermal baths on the banks of the River Seine, Year V, 1797. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Fashionable couple driving in a whiskey carriage, 1797
Fashionable couple driving in a one-horse whiskey carriage or gig in Longchamps, Paris, Year V, 1797. Woman in bonnet, spencer jacket over low-cut dress. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

A cosmetics and accessories seller making a house call. The customers are a geisha madam and two young geisha in an okiya

A Gathering in the Luxembourg Gardens, Year VIII, 1800. Fashionable people meeting under a statue in the Jardin du
5913032 A Gathering in the Luxembourg Gardens, Year VIII, 1800. Fashionable people meeting under a statue in the Jardin du Luxembourg. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Fashionable couple on the terrace of the Tuileries, Paris, Year VI, 1798. Handcoloured lithograph by R. V
5913023 Fashionable couple on the terrace of the Tuileries, Paris, Year VI, 1798. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustration by Francois Courboin from Octave Uzannes Fashion in Paris

Fashionable couple driving in a one-horse whiskey carriage or gig in Longchamps, Paris, Year V, 1797
5913022 Fashionable couple driving in a one-horse whiskey carriage or gig in Longchamps, Paris, Year V, 1797. Woman in bonnet, spencer jacket over low-cut dress. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Fashionable woman in satin bonnet and crepe dress, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986640 Fashionable woman in satin bonnet and crepe dress, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fashionable woman in satin bonnet and crepe dress)

Woman in nuns veil reading a fashion magazine, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986631 Woman in nuns veil reading a fashion magazine, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Woman in nuns veil reading a fashion magazine, 1801)

Fashionable woman or merveilleuse, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986564 Fashionable woman or merveilleuse, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fashionable woman or merveilleuse, 1800)

Fashionable merveilleuse with fan, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986526 Fashionable merveilleuse with fan, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fashionable merveilleuse with fan, 1800)

Fashionable hats of 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986522 Fashionable hats of 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fashionable hats of 1800. Hood 1, Braided hat 2, Cap 3, Straw hat 4, peasant hat 5)

Two merveilleuses with a fortune teller
Their credulity is her only science. A fortune teller reads the cards for two credulous merveilleuses in shawls and turbans

Merveilleuses eating ice cream at a Paris cafe
Fashionable women or merveilleuses eating ice cream with their dogs at a cafe, circa 1800. The menu includes lemon, orange, pistachio, and creme blanche

Old woman giving a magic lantern show
The old style. An old woman showing a young dandy and merveilleuses old-fashioned scenes with a magic lantern. The images are artist without pretension, the studious young man

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

Two incroyables (fops) with cudgels hinder the promenade of two merveilleuses by pinning the tails of their dresses. One looks back coquettishly at the ridiculous dandy

Merveilleuses playing the game of La Main Chaude
La main chaude or Paumele. Merveilleuses in flimsy muslin dresses play the game of hot hands. One girl buries her head in anothers lap, and has to guess which friend slaps her arm

Merveilleuses playing badminton in a garden
Badminton. Merveilleuse in flimsy dresses play a game of badminton in a garden. Several have their hair in the fashionable short cut known as the martyr or victime

Merveilleuses and incroyables dancing the waltz, a newly popular dance imported from Germany. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

French soprano singer Mlle Grassari as Almasie in La lampe merveilleuse at the Opera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

La Poule, from Le Bon Genre, 1810 (w / c on paper)
3076392 La Poule, from Le Bon Genre, 1810 (w/c on paper) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Merveilleuses and Incroyables)

Fashionable woman in low-cut dress with Venus cape, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986604 Fashionable woman in low-cut dress with Venus cape, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fashionable woman in low-cut dress with Venus cape)

Horsewoman riding side-saddle at Longchamp racetrack, 1801. (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986633 Horsewoman riding side-saddle at Longchamp racetrack, 1801. (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School

Fashionable woman with a fan on a morning promenade, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986529 Fashionable woman with a fan on a morning promenade, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fashionable woman with fan on a morning promenade)

Woman in semi-Peasant style hat with solid veil, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986518 Woman in semi-Peasant style hat with solid veil, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Woman in semi-Peasant style hat with solid veil, 1800)

Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse at an escritoire, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986476 Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse at an escritoire, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse at an escritoire)

Illustration from Le Bon Genre, c. 1810 (w / c on paper)
3076393 Illustration from Le Bon Genre, c.1810 (w/c on paper) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Merveilleuses and Incroyables)

Costume in 1800 - merveilleuse (chromolitho)
1091548 Costume in 1800 - merveilleuse (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Costume in 1800 - merveilleuse)

Rear view of fashionable woman in an Uhlan cap, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986626 Rear view of fashionable woman in an Uhlan cap, 1801 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Rear view of fashionable woman in an Uhlan cap, 1801)

Fashionable woman in luxurious outfit, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986584 Fashionable woman in luxurious outfit, 1800 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fashionable woman or merveilleuse in luxurious outfit, 1800)

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The Merveilleuse, a lower-class costume that captivated the fashion world during the 1800s, was an embodiment of elegance and style. In a handcoloured copperplate engraving from 1800, we see a fashionable woman engrossed in embroidery with a hoop. Her delicate fingers delicately weave threads into intricate patterns, showcasing her refined taste. Another image from 1801 portrays a Merveilleuse donning a toque cap, exuding sophistication and grace. The low-cut dress she wears accentuates her beauty while maintaining an air of modesty. This captivating ensemble is further enhanced by her skillful guitar playing in yet another handcoloured copperplate engraving from the same year. Intriguingly, one illustration showcases a Merveilleuse wearing a nipple-revealing crepe dress in 1800. This daring choice pushes societal boundaries but also highlights the audacity and confidence of these fashionable women. A low-cut tunic dress adorns another Merveilleuse in an enchanting handcoloured copperplate engraving from 1801. The flowing fabric drapes elegantly around her figure as she effortlessly commands attention wherever she goes. Music seems to be intertwined with their essence as seen through depictions of them playing guitars or fixing their hair while gazing at themselves in mirrors - both images captured beautifully on handcoloured copperplate engravings from 1800. Ancient Greek hairstyles were also adopted by these trendsetters, as evidenced by another stunning illustration dating back to that era. Their ability to seamlessly blend classical influences with contemporary fashion speaks volumes about their creativity and innovation. Lastly, we witness one such stylish woman adorned with a cashmere shawl in yet another exquisite handcoloured copperplate engraving from 1800. This luxurious accessory adds warmth and opulence to her ensemble while simultaneously elevating it to new heights of elegance.