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| Keywords: Un salon de Frascati, Paris, 1800.jpg Artwork This plate depicts a group of people at Frascati's The man in the foreground is plainly dressed in dark colors while pastels are favored by the women Frascati's was a cafe in Paris described by the text as 'A stream of human beauty' as the expression of the period has it was still to be seen flowing through the galleries of Greek and Roman antiquities spreading through the porticos into the saloons and smaller chambers pouring and winding along the garden alleys and disappearing at last into the kiosks where it was lost to sight The great mirror at the end of the garden reflected as in a wonderful prismatic vision the surging crowd of veiled or turbaned heads of ever-changing couples each whispering and fondly clasped; while farther off seated at tables in the open air thirsty nymphs called for creams and tutti frutti and all the various iced compounds then so eagerly consumed 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 1145807997499275 PD-old Les modes de Paris 014 Images of Paris from the Brown University Library 1800 in Paris Fashion in 1800 Café Frascati Paris | ||||
