Pl. 101 Antique Print of American Costumes Racinet, 'circa 1880'

1880 · Native Peoples

Pl. 101 Antique Print of American Costumes Racinet, 'circa 1880'

Name: Pl. 101 Antique Print of American Costumes Racinet, 'circa 1880'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12638-1-101
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-12638-1-101

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

Ten figures in the dress of the Spanish American countryside, 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, numbered 101 at the upper right, and carries the credit "Brandin lith." at the lower left.

The figures are arranged in two bands of five men and women set against a pale ground. Almost all of them wear the poncho: woven in broad stripes and diamond patterns in red, blue, yellow and ochre in the upper row, and in plainer tones of brown, green and gray in the lower. The hats vary between pointed gray felt, wide brims and a yellow kerchief, and several of the men carry long staffs and wear spurs on their boots. Others have white drawers showing below their ponchos. The figures are drawn in profile or three-quarter view with clear outlines and flat bright colors.

The plate belongs to Racinet's survey of historical costume, where this sheet shows the dress of the ranch and pampas peoples, though the sheet gives no precise country.

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