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| Keywords: In the gallery of the Palais-Royal, Year VIII - 1800.jpg Artwork This plate depicts a scene in the galleries of the Palais-Royal on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris The Palais-Royal was built in 1624 by Cardinal Richelieu and bequeathed to the royal family Later the gardens and galleries of the Palais-Royal became a social and political center housing gambling dens and cafes The women in the foreground is dressed in typical neo-classical style with a flowing white empire-waste dress and a bonnet Typically these dresses were low-cut and were worn with bare arms or long gloves The women in the background wear a variety of light colored and simple robes indicative of the rejection of ostentatious luxury associated with the 'ancien regime ' 1898 colored plate 10 x 15 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line Published in Octave Uzanne Fashion in Paris the various phases of feminine taste and aesthetics from 1797 to 1897 London William Heinemann 1898 accession number 1145807898627104 PD-old Les modes de Paris 017 Fashion plates depicting men Images of Paris from the Brown University Library 1800 in Paris Fashion in 1800 Historical images of Palais Royal Bonnets in art | ||||
