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Evening Dress

Fashion Plate
July 1826 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman sitting on a stool and wearing a long white evening dress with a wrap-effect bodice trimmed with van-dyking, and long full sleeves with van-dyked sleeveheads. There is a sash at the waist, and a deep panel of four rows of scalloped trimmings around the skirt. She is also wearing a large white hat trimmed with lace and feathers, gold jewellery, white gloves, and white shoes.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEvening Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving with etched shading
Brief description
'Evening Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving with etched shading, published by J Robins & Co., British, July 1826
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman sitting on a stool and wearing a long white evening dress with a wrap-effect bodice trimmed with van-dyking, and long full sleeves with van-dyked sleeveheads. There is a sash at the waist, and a deep panel of four rows of scalloped trimmings around the skirt. She is also wearing a large white hat trimmed with lace and feathers, gold jewellery, white gloves, and white shoes.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 14.5cm
  • Sheet width: 8.5cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2605-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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