A maid ladling up soup

I'm a little in love with her outfit which seems a mix between pretty and practical. Her petticoat looks like two-tone silk- her mistress cast-off perhaps? The shoes are very dainty too. But the caraco, or jacket, seems to be woolen and rather loosefitting. The apron seems very practical too, and, I think, pushed into the pocket openings of the jacket. The cap is small and cute too- I think the fabric she has tied around her chin is to make sure it doesn't fall off into the soup...


Pehr Hilleström