The Arles tailor's shop by Antoine Raspal (1760)
What you see shown in the photo on the side is an oil painting on canvas by Antoine Raspal dating back to 1760:in practice this painting, known as The atelier of the seamstress of Arles , allows us to virtually enter a typical French mid 18th century tailor shop.
Immediately after a fleeting glance, the lively industriousness of the scene depicted leaps to the eye:a group of young women is intent on her sewing and embroidery work while the owner, the lady sitting in front of the window, gives them instructions. in this regard.
As you can see, the girls are dressed in dresses with lively and bright patterns, while the particularly bright colors give the painting so much joy and freshness, certainly desired by the author, but also testify to what was the trend of the moment in terms of fashion, or rather the great variety of choices in women's clothing.
Which was nothing more than an immediate consequence of the massive diffusion of cotton fabrics, particularly versatile, which literally caused the mania for tailored suits to explode , evidenced in the work by the large number of models hanging on the back wall, obviously intended for as many clients.
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