Promenade Dresses
Fashion Plate
ca. 1810 (published)
ca. 1810 (published)
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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.
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Title | Promenade 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. |
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Credit line | Given by Mr James Laver CBE |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
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Accession number | E.1022-1959 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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