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Morning & Evening Costume for October 1816

Fashion Plate
October 1816 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is seated and is wearing a white evening dress trimmed at the hem with a lace flounce and a row of ribbon bows. The dress has a short-sleeved pink empire-line bodice trimmed with white bows. She is also wearing long white gloves, a pink necklace, a sheer white shawl, white shoes, a small gold tiara, and pink flowers in her hair. The woman on the right is standing and is wearing a pale purple morning ensemble trimmed with white stripes and a round white van-dyked collar. She is also wearing lilac boots, yellow gloves, and a straw bonnet trimmed with white ruffles and pink ribbon, and is holding a closed green parasol

Object details

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Object type
TitleMorning & Evening Costume for October 1816
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving and etching
Brief description
'Morning & Evening Costume for October 1816', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving and etching, published by Dean & Munday, London, October 1816
Physical description
Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is seated and is wearing a white evening dress trimmed at the hem with a lace flounce and a row of ribbon bows. The dress has a short-sleeved pink empire-line bodice trimmed with white bows. She is also wearing long white gloves, a pink necklace, a sheer white shawl, white shoes, a small gold tiara, and pink flowers in her hair. The woman on the right is standing and is wearing a pale purple morning ensemble trimmed with white stripes and a round white van-dyked collar. She is also wearing lilac boots, yellow gloves, and a straw bonnet trimmed with white ruffles and pink ribbon, and is holding a closed green parasol
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 17.1cm
  • Sheet width: 11cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2926-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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