Woman Seated in an Armchair, c. 1900, Pierre-Georges Jeanniot, French, 1848 - 1934, 14 7/16 ¡Ñ 11 5/8 in. (36.67 ¡Ñ 29.53 cm) (sheet)23 ¡Ñ 17 5/8 ¡Ñ 3/4 in. (58.42 ¡Ñ 44.77 ¡Ñ 1.91 cm) (outer frame), Black and white chalk with gray and brown wash on blue paper, France, 19th-20th century, This alert, fashionably dressed woman is the archetype of the Belle ?poque Parisienne¡Xa woman able to enjoy middle-class leisure in Paris when it seemed to be the capital of the world, a place of limitless possibility. Though she looks at her surroundings, she is equally aware of being seen.