Tag: grisette
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01 painting, The amorous game, John Lewis Brown’s The charms of the grisette and the soldiers of the regiment, With Footnotes, #86
The word grisette has referred to a French working-class woman from the late 17th century and remained in common use through the Belle Époque era, albeit with some modifications to its meaning. It derives from gris (French for grey), and refers to the cheap grey fabric of the dresses these women originally wore. By the 1835 she…
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