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Ball Dress

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

Fashion plate showing a seated woman wearing a white ball dress trimmed with yellow leaf motifs, with a standing lace collar, long white gloves, a white folding fan, and a white and yellow turban-style headdress decorated with large feather plumes

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBall Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving with etched lines
Brief description
'Ball Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving, design by Mrs Bell, published in La Belle Assemblee, November 1818
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a seated woman wearing a white ball dress trimmed with yellow leaf motifs, with a standing lace collar, long white gloves, a white folding fan, and a white and yellow turban-style headdress decorated with large feather plumes
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 20.3cm
  • Sheet width: 12.7cm
Collection
Accession number
E.3009-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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