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Ball Dress

Fashion Plate
February 1819 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a pink ball dress with short puffed sleeves, embroidered decoration, and white van-dyked trimmings. She is also wearing long white gloves, a large ostrich feather headdress, white shawl, and white shoes

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBall Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving
Brief description
'Ball Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving, design by Mrs Bell, published in La Belle Assemblee No. 119, February 1819
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a pink ball dress with short puffed sleeves, embroidered decoration, and white van-dyked trimmings. She is also wearing long white gloves, a large ostrich feather headdress, white shawl, and white shoes
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 22cm
  • Sheet width: 13cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2324-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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