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Promenade Dresses

Fashion Plate
ca. 1810 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing two women wearing promenade dresses. The woman on the left is shown from behind and is wearing a pale blue dress with short lace sleeves, a train with an embroidered border, and a lilac waistband around the high empire waistline. She is also wearing long white gloves, a white cap trimmed a lilac bow and white ostrich feathers, and lilac shoes. The woman on the right is shown from the front and is wearing a short-sleeved white dress trimmed with pale green zig-zag borders, long white gloves, pale green shoes, and a white cap trimmed with green ribbon and pink flowers.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePromenade Dresses (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured stipple engraving
Brief description
'Promenade Dresses'. Fashion plate, hand-coloured stipple engraving, Britain, ca. 1810
Physical description
Fashion plate showing two women wearing promenade dresses. The woman on the left is shown from behind and is wearing a pale blue dress with short lace sleeves, a train with an embroidered border, and a lilac waistband around the high empire waistline. She is also wearing long white gloves, a white cap trimmed a lilac bow and white ostrich feathers, and lilac shoes. The woman on the right is shown from the front and is wearing a short-sleeved white dress trimmed with pale green zig-zag borders, long white gloves, pale green shoes, and a white cap trimmed with green ribbon and pink flowers.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 21.4cm
  • Approx. width: 13.5cm
Measured by SH 25/07/2010.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Promenade Dress' (Lettered)
  • 'No. 78 - 2' (Numbered)
Credit line
Given by Mr James Laver CBE
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.1022-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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