Keywords: Bicycling; The Ladies of the Wheel, 1896.jpg Artwork The woman holding the bicycle is wearing a short dress over dark leggings Her dress retains the style of the epoque with a sharply accentuated corseted waist a very high collar and billowing leg of mutton sleeves The woman on the left wears an English tailored suit Her skirt is narrow through the hips and widens through the hem Her blouse has fairly wide sleeves and a very high collar Both women's hats are perched on top of their heads most likely held down by hat pins Abstract sources Boucher François 20 000 Years of Fashion New York Harry N Abrams Inc 1967 Ruppert Jacques Le Costume Français Paris Flammarion 1996 1898 colored plate 10 x 15 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line accession number 1-SIZE GT887 U8 1898 1150468773590652 PD-old-100 Images of Paris from the Brown University Library People with bicycles in Paris Fashion in 1896 1896 in Paris Females with bicycles Les modes de Paris 099 Bicycle dresses |