PCT4275796: Illustration by Steinlen of Guy de Maupassant's short story “” The Parure””. Madame Loisel looks at herself in the mirror while her husband takes off her shoes. She finds that she lost the necklace (diamond river) lent her to her by her friend Madame Forestier. Cover of Gil Blas n°41, October 8, 1893., Steinlen, Theophile Alexandre (1859-1923) / Bridgeman Images