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Femmes musulmanes Syriennes à Beyrouth, Costume de Ville (Two Women)

c. 1880s

Félix Bonfils

(French, 1831–1885)
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Culture
France
Medium
Photochrom
Measurements
Image: 22.4 x 16.3 cm (8 13/16 x 6 7/16 in.); Mounted: 26.6 x 18.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb 2021.208.b
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In the early 1880s, Félix Bonfils was among the first photographers to use the Photocrom process, which produced color images from a single black-and-white negative.

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To make a photochrom, a photographic negative was transferred onto a lithographic stone, then printers created a minimum of six and up to fifteen different stones, each with a single color of ink, which were printed atop the black-and-white image. The printers creating the colors had never seen the original locale. Photochroms were popular from the 1890s into the 1910s and were most often collected in albums or framed and hung on the wall.
A vertically oriented photochrom depicts two women standing side-by-side, their bodies completely enveloped in patterned textiles. On our left, one woman wears a black wrap with red and white borders and a white headpiece with red dots and gold tassels. On our right, another wears a light purple striped wrap over green and gold patterned panels, a floral fabric covering her face. Muted foliage fills the background within a wide, speckled beige border.

Femmes musulmanes Syriennes à Beyrouth, Costume de Ville (Two Women)

c. 1880s

Félix Bonfils

(French, 1831–1885)
France

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