Antique French Fashion Plate Lot of 5, La Mode Illustrée 1870s, Anaïs Toudouze

A lot of 5 original antique French fashion plates from La Mode Illustrée, the leading Parisian fashion weekly of the 19th century. All 5 are hand-colored, with vivid, still-bright color that hasnt faded the way so many surviving plates have. Each measures approximately 9 x 12 inches. All 5 scenes show two fashionable women together in a garden setting, modeling the elaborate bustled gowns, parasols, and trims of the 1870s: a green promenade dress paired with white, a golden gown with lace flounces, a mustard-and-blue pairing by a garden trellis, a green silk gown with a seated companion, and a golden-and-lavender pair seated at a table with a fashion album. See photos for all 5 plates individually and as a group. Each plate is signed within the image by illustrator Anaïs Toudouze, a leading fashion artist for the magazine, and printed by Paris print houses Gilquin fils or Leroy, noted in small type beneath the image. Condition: genuinely antique, roughly 150 years old, with the light overall toning to the paper youd expect, but the coloring itself remains remarkably bright and the images are clean and sharp — no tears, no major foxing visible. Please review the close-up photos, which are part of the listing. Sold unframed, as a lot of all 5 shown. A lovely set for anyone who loves Victorian fashion history, French design, or antique print collecting — frame them together as a grouping or individually.