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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 309645, member: 2844&quot;]Agree. I think it is an early version of the Fouesnat costume.</p><p>Fouesnat is in the Finistère region of Brittanny, close to the former artist colony of Pont Aven. The coiffe is related to the ones you see on Gauguin paintings.</p><p>Folk costumes evolve. The one in the charming Emily Broughton watercolor is a development stage between this one:</p><p><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4xkwkWQla5k/TsLtwA0eewI/AAAAAAAACPk/gPB2nhp0Cac/s1600/frauen_trachten_pont_aven_hi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this modern one, when it was apparently decided that local women don&#039;t need to lean against the back of a chair:</p><p><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--0FYy0h5Xhg/TsKdjcWvmMI/AAAAAAAACPU/ovydl1zk53E/s640/pont-aven+couple.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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