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Modes de Paris

Print
1830 (made)
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing two women wearing 1830s-style dresses. The woman standing in the foreground is wearing a purple and white striped dress trimmed with lace, with a white lace ruff-style collar, white lace-trimmed white gloves, a large lace-trimmed bonnet decorated with orange flowers and green and white striped ribbons, and white boots. She is carrying a green parasol and a white handkerchief. The woman behind her is seated with her back to the viewer, and is wearing a pale yellow dress with a blue waistband and trimmed with lace, with a white lace ruff-style collar, and a white bonnet trimmed with lace, flowers, and blue and white ribbon

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleModes de Paris
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured engraving
Brief description
'Modes de Paris', fashion plate, le Petit Courrier des Dames, French, 1830
Physical description
Fashion plate showing two women wearing 1830s-style dresses. The woman standing in the foreground is wearing a purple and white striped dress trimmed with lace, with a white lace ruff-style collar, white lace-trimmed white gloves, a large lace-trimmed bonnet decorated with orange flowers and green and white striped ribbons, and white boots. She is carrying a green parasol and a white handkerchief. The woman behind her is seated with her back to the viewer, and is wearing a pale yellow dress with a blue waistband and trimmed with lace, with a white lace ruff-style collar, and a white bonnet trimmed with lace, flowers, and blue and white ribbon
Dimensions
  • Length: 19.5cm (Note: taken from register)
  • Width: 11.3cm (Note: taken from register)
Credit line
Given by Major Nicholas Collin and Mr Francis Collin at the request of their mother Mrs Frank Collin
Collection
Accession number
E.1165-1974

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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