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Evening Dress

Fashion Plate
December 1818 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman wearing an evening dress in mourning style. The dress is black with long sleeves and a low square neckline trimmed with rouleaux, with two tiers of scalloped floral trimming around the hem. She is also wearing jet earrings and a necklace, with black shoes and gloves, and a black net veil topped with a small crown and rose ornament

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEvening Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving
Brief description
'Evening Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving, R. Ackermann, December 1818
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman wearing an evening dress in mourning style. The dress is black with long sleeves and a low square neckline trimmed with rouleaux, with two tiers of scalloped floral trimming around the hem. She is also wearing jet earrings and a necklace, with black shoes and gloves, and a black net veil topped with a small crown and rose ornament
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 21.3cm
  • Sheet width: 12.4cm
Collection
Accession number
E.3088-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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