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| Keywords: An Official ball in the Strasbourg Theater, 1805.jpg Artwork The two women depicted here at a ball are wearing more formal attire closer to the 'costume de cour ' The attire of Napoleon's court and consequently the mode for his entourage was codified in 1804 The woman on the right is dressed very similarly to the code for the empress Her dress is white silk embroidered in gold The collar is ringed with lace and a coat attached at the shoulders with a long tail The woman on the left is wearing a more simple white empire-waist dress White remained a very popular color for women during the Empire period 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 1145807768660220 PD-old Les modes de Paris 022 Images of Paris from the Brown University Library 1805 in Paris Fashion in 1805 Ballrooms in Paris Court uniforms and dress of France | ||||
