The Eugenie garter--Manufactured by the American Garter Company / Rae Smith lith. N.Y. – Vintage Wall Art
![The Eugenie garter--Manufactured by the American Garter Company / Rae Smith lith. N.Y., [between 1840 and 1890] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/da/da74a416a5bb-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The Eugenie garter--Manufactured by the American Garter Company / Rae Smith lith. N.Y., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Eugenie garter--Manufactured by the American Garter Company / Rae Smith lith. N.Y.
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The name on this color lithograph, "Eugenie," points to Empress Eugénie of France, whose fashions were widely copied on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1850s and 1860s. The print was made for the American Garter Company and drawn by the New York lithographer Rae Smith, part of a busy commercial trade that produced colorful advertising pieces in this period. Its appeal rests on linking a fashionable name to a small, practical item of women's dress. Pieces like this show how manufacturers borrowed the prestige of high style to sell everyday goods.
| Created / published | [between 1840 and 1890] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1840-1890.Lithographs Color 1840-1890. |
| Subjects | Women--Clothing & dress--1840-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,144 × 1,463 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219033 |
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