Pl. 103 Antique Print of 'Native' American Costumes Racinet, 'circa 1880'

1880 · Native Peoples

Pl. 103 Antique Print of 'Native' American Costumes Racinet, 'circa 1880'

Name: Pl. 103 Antique Print of 'Native' American Costumes Racinet, 'circa 1880'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12638-1-103
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-12638-1-103

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

Eleven Native North American men in full dress, 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 103 at the upper right, and credited "Lestel lith." at the lower left.

The men are set in two rows against a plain ground. In the upper row six stand in blankets, patterned shirts and leggings, several with feathered roach headdresses, one with a circular feather bonnet and a painted red face, and beadwork and silver ornaments at the chest. The lower row has five more, in red and green blankets, fringed leggings and beaded moccasins, with necklaces of claws or shell and tomahawks, pipe bags and feathered fans in hand. The costumes are drawn with careful pattern detail and flat bright colors, a mix of woven cloth and hide.

The plate belongs to the volumes on historical costume, where the American sheets are set among the dress of other continents.

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