Pl. 100 Antique Print of American Costumes Racinet, 'circa 1880'

1880 · Native Peoples

Pl. 100 Antique Print of American Costumes Racinet, 'circa 1880'

Name: Pl. 100 Antique Print of American Costumes Racinet, 'circa 1880'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12638-1-100
Price: 110 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1880
Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 22 × 19.5 cm (8.7 × 7.7 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning, blank verso. Minor wear, please study image carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Reference: BG-12638-1-100

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

Native American figures in a chromolithograph from Albert Racinet's Le Costume Historique, published in Paris by Firmin Didot about 1880. The sheet is lettered "America, Amérique, America" across the top, is numbered 100 at the upper right, and carries the credit "Brandin lith." at the lower left.

Eight figures are set in three groupings. At the upper left a woman in a blue robe with several strands of red beads stands beside a decorated shield, and a second figure in a long brown robe with a pink border carries a child on her back. At the upper right three figures stand against a brick wall, two bare-chested with long bead necklaces and patterned skirts, and a third in blue trousers holding a bow wrapped in skin. The lower band has three seated or standing women: one in a fringed hide robe and many necklaces, one in a white blouse holding an infant in a basket cradle, and one in a fur robe, each with a patterned cap. The colors are bright and flat, with the details of the beadwork carefully drawn.

The plate belongs to Racinet's survey of historical costume.

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