Allegorical costume: Distrito Federal – (Maria Sophia Jobim Magno De Carvalho) Previous Next


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Date: 1949

Size: 51 x 34 cm

Museum: Museu Histórico Nacional (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)

Technique: Glitter

Dress model with bodice and tight sleeves, both ending in a pointe. Accented neckline. Long, armed skirt, decorated with stars and scenery of the city of Rio de Janeiro. On his head a wide-brimmed hat with plumage and a staff in his left hand.Allegorical costume representing Brazilian Federal District. The Federal District was a political-administrative division of Brazil created by the Republican Constitution of 1891. During the Empire of Brazil, the administrative unit that corresponded to its territory was called Neutral Municipality. It was a legal entity governed by public law with jurisdiction, until 1960, in the territory corresponding to the current area of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro.

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