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Fashionable Morning & Evening Dresses for July 1820

Fashion Plate
July 1820 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is wearing a white evening dress with a flounce around the hem, and ruffled trimmings around the bodice and short puffed sleeves. She is also wearing long white gloves, and a white hat trimmed with white ostrich feathers, and is holding a folding fan. The woman on the right is wearing a white morning dress with three tiers of ruffles above the hem under a blue Spencer jacket, with beige gloves, a white ruff-style collar, and a white bonnet trimmed with pink ribbon and yellow wheat ears

Object details

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Object type
TitleFashionable Morning & Evening Dresses for July 1820
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving and etching
Brief description
'Fashionable Morning & Evening Dresses for July 1820', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving and etching, designs by Miss Pierpoint, published by Dean & Munday, London, July 1820
Physical description
Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is wearing a white evening dress with a flounce around the hem, and ruffled trimmings around the bodice and short puffed sleeves. She is also wearing long white gloves, and a white hat trimmed with white ostrich feathers, and is holding a folding fan. The woman on the right is wearing a white morning dress with three tiers of ruffles above the hem under a blue Spencer jacket, with beige gloves, a white ruff-style collar, and a white bonnet trimmed with pink ribbon and yellow wheat ears
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 16.6cm
  • Sheet width: 10.3cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2600-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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