Antique Print of a Woman from Tapada De Saya, Lima, Peru, South America, 1850

Name: Antique Print of a Woman from Tapada De Saya, Lima, Peru, South America, 1850
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BGR-066
Price: 315 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1850
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 27.6 × 21 cm (10.9 × 8.3 in)
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Peru, South America
Reference: BGR-066

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

A veiled woman of Lima in the traditional costume known as the tapada de saya, an original steel engraving with hand color, from the French costume series Costumes Modernes (Musee de Costumes), published in Paris by the Ancienne Maison Aubert about 1850. The plate is lettered "Tapada de Saya" with "(Lima)" beneath.

The figure is shown standing full length on a lightly shaded ground. She wears the tight, black saya skirt and a matching manto drawn over her head and across the face so that only one eye shows. A pink and cream plaid shawl with long fringe falls over her arm and the skirt, and she carries a small handkerchief in one hand. The color is confined to the plaid and the sleeves, which makes the black of the veil and skirt stand out.

The tapadas of Lima, who covered themselves in the saya and manto and went out unrecognized in the streets, were a well-known feature of the city and drew the attention of many travelers and costume artists of the nineteenth century.

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