The world of Degas's ModistsRibbons, pins, artificial flowers and monumental headdresses allow Degas to view the milliner's shop as a workshop of manufacturing, choice and social desire.
Late 1870sFirst scenes of milliners
1880s -1900sDevelopment of pastel variants
Modern ParisShop, work and consumption as a subject
3,000 °CPaintings, pastels, drawings, prints and sculptures by Degas - overall estimate
Hand paintedReal oil painting, no print.
Formats of your choiceA composition adapted to the dimensions ordered.
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Possible alterationsRequest adjustments before sending.
1879 -1910 · hats, gestures and fashion business
Ribbons, pins, artificial flowers and monumental headdresses allow Degas to view the milliner's shop as a workshop of manufacturing, choice and social desire.
Millinerists appeared at Degas from the late 1870s and continued his interest in Parisian women's work. The shop is not just elegant decor. Workers manipulate ribbons and ornaments, while customers and salespeople examine hats that can almost completely hide a face. Degas often frames the scene sideways, cuts a piece of furniture or a silhouette and places a disproportionate hat in the foreground. Pastel often frames the scene sideways, cuts a piece of furniture or a silhouette and places a disproportionate hat in the foreground. Pastel allows him to contrast feathers, fabrics and skin by friction, lines and highlights. The pastel allows him to contrast feathers, fabrics and skin by friction, lines and highlights. The variants of Chez la milliste modify the relationship between woman, mirror, table and chosen object. The Modists place more emphasis on character workshop collective. Fashion thus becomes a specialized world of work as much as a modern consumer scene. The "Modistes de Degas" selection notably compares Chez la milliste and La milliste. His reading favors figures.
At Degas, the hat catches the eye with its luxury, but the hands always remind us that it had to be made, adjusted and sold.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Millinerists appeared at Degas from the late 1870s and continued his interest in Parisian women's work. The shop is not just elegant decor. Workers manipulate ribbons and ornaments, while customers and salespeople examine hats that can almost completely hide a face. Degas often frames the scene sideways, cuts a piece of furniture or a silhouette and places a disproportionate hat in the foreground. Pastel often frames the scene sideways, cuts a piece of furniture or a silhouette and places a disproportionate hat in the foreground. Pastel allows him to contrast feathers, fabrics and skin by friction, lines and highlights. The pastel allows him to contrast feathers, fabrics and skin by friction, lines and highlights. The variants of Chez la milliste modify the relationship between woman, mirror, table and chosen object. The Modists place more emphasis on character workshop collective. Fashion thus becomes a specialized world of work as much as a modern consumer scene.
Enter the store
Degas observes the choice of hat, counter and professional gestures. This milestone sheds light on the "Modistes de Degas" collection by favoring figures.
Enlarge accessory
Feathers and ribbons occupy an increasing part of the framing.
Intensify the material
Pastel and charcoal thicken color, contour and surface.
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Screen hat
The accessory hides part of the face and moves the hierarchy. This trait guides a reading of "Modistes de Degas" centered on the figures.
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Stretched ribbon
Soft line makes manual adjustment visible.
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Oblique counter
Furniture cuts space and places viewer inside commerce.
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Partial mirror
The reflection multiplies the angles without explaining the whole store.
Explore by universe
Distinguish make, try and watch
Worker, saleswoman, customer and object circulate between several versions, revealing often ambiguous roles.
Make01
Follow the hands
Pins, ribbons and flowers make the know-how perceptible.
For work. Reading of "Modistes de Degas" by the figures.Present02
Staging the object
The saleswoman transforms the hat into a social apparition.
For commerceTry03
Compare to the mirror
The face and the accessory recompose in a partial reflection.
For the customerFrame04
Give the leading role to the hat
The object can become larger and more vivid than the person.
For DegasAt the milliner's, place the counter diagonally05
At the milliner
Furniture, hat and customer form a spatial cut that brings the viewer into the store.
Landmark work by Modistes de DegasThe Modist favors professional gesture06
The milliner
Hands and accessories reveal the manufacturing behind visible luxury.
Landmark work by Modistes de Degas
Works to discover
Four milliner scenes by Degas
The selection combines Chez la milliste, La Modiste, Chez le milliste and Les Modistes, four active variants from the same universe.
Each painting is made in oil on canvas by a specialized artist, then checked with you before shipping.
From the work to your interior
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Choice of workSubject, orientation and dimensions adapted to your wall.
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Oil paintingManual production, layer after layer.
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Photo validationYou examine the finished table.
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RetouchingAdjustments remain possible before sending.
Each reproduction is unique. Slight variations of touch and material testify to the painter's manual work.
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Choose a milliner reproduction
Pastel gains under anti-reflective glass, black frame or dark wood. Vertical format for large headdresses, horizontal for scenes with several figures.
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How to restore the figures in a reproduction of Modistes by Degas?
The painter uses the composition, values, colors and materials visible in the chosen work from the Modistes de Degas collection, with particular attention paid to the figures.
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