Revue de la Mode, Gazette de la Famille, dimanche 6 septembre 1885, 14e Année, No. 714: Toilettes de Mme Vidal (...) 1885

This is a print by A. Chaillot published in 1885 as part of the Revue de la Mode, Gazette de la Famille, employing delicate lines and a muted color palette to depict two elegant women in fashionable attire. The composition balances the verticality of the figures against the horizontal lines of the furniture. These form a structured yet intimate domestic scene. Here, the interplay of textures, from the floral patterns to the striped fabric, emphasizes the artificiality of representation. The artist calls attention to the constructed nature of fashion and social identity. The gazette cover serves as a semiotic system, encoding and communicating the values and aspirations of its readership through the visual language of clothing and domesticity. Observe how the print invites viewers to decode the underlying structures of taste and class, acknowledging that aesthetic preferences are never neutral. The print functions as a dynamic site of cultural negotiation, always open to reinterpretation.