A Gathering in the Luxembourg Gardens, Year VII - 1800

The woman depicted in the center of this plate wears a classical-style, empire waist dress, popular in the early 19th century. The text that precedes this image reads, "During their morning walk, the Parisian ladies cast of all superfluous adornments, so to lose nothing of the breeze's soft caress." Also, this woman is wearing a turban-style hat, popular after Napoleon's campaign in Egypt which, "brought huge vari-colored ribbed turbans, adorned with curved feathers, into fashion, the centre cap of a different colour from the folds that entwined it."