Sujet

Photograph of unidentified woman wearing French Antillean dress, 1860-1880. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The colonial postcard, popular in the first two decades of the 20th century, came to represent both the technological triumphs of western photography – in printing and mass production – and the political triumphs of European conquest and expansion. These postcards also promoted tourism to the French Caribbean, painting the region as a safe, favorable, and exotic travel destination.The woman in this image wears a traditional chemise jupe, an informal bodice and skirt ensemble. Prior to Emancipation, enslaved women in the French Caribbean were subject to le code noir, which required them to wear a chemise jupe made up of a white blouse, two skirts, and silver jewelry. Following Emancipation, black women resisted these dress codes by donning elaborate five-piece formal douillettes that were previously forbidden.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_434

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

118,1Mo (4,2Mo) / 42,7cm x 69,4cm / 5038 x 8192 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female women woman people black education Antilles Caribbean pattern costume clothes museum design dress traditional costume century skirt clothing B&W full length full-length emancipation Patterned Smithsonian Institution 19th century black & white black and white B W Educational Institution nineteenth century heritage scientific institution traditional dress portrait postcard Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper French Antilles