1888 Chromolithograph Pannier Dress Costume 18th Century Fashion Gown LCH4 XGEA6 of 82 rue St

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1888 Chromolithograph Pannier Dress Costume 18th Century Fashion Gown LCH4 XGEA6 of 82 rue StThis is a rare original 1888 color chromolithograph which depicts some of the typical fashions which one could find the French nobility and upper class wearing during the 18th century. The pannier skirt was a rigid undergarment designed to widen out a woman's hips but keep her front relatively flat. It was said that some ladies took it upon themselves to be at least three times as wide as their male counterparts, which the men found, no doubt, quite