Victorian Summer Dress Worn by Madame Bartholeme in the Painting in the Conservatory Print, Framed

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Framed and matted print from the "Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity," exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago 2013

Print of … more Framed and matted print from the "Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity," exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago 2013

Print of the actual summer dress worn by Madame Bartholomé in the famous Albert Bartholomé painting In the Conservatory, 1880. This white cotton frock with its purple dots, stripes and precise pleating was a showstopper. This treasure of a dress was preserved by Bartholomé in memory of his wife.

The dress. on loan from the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. and In The Conservatory painting were including in the touring exhibit. less