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Evening Party Dress

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

Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a pale yellow evening dress with long full white sleeves and a deep panel of trimmings arranged in scallops around the skirt. She is also wearing a plume of large ostrich feathers in her hair, and is examining an open book which is resting on a side table covered by a pale green cloth and a deep purple shawl with a floral border.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEvening Party Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving
Brief description
'Evening Party Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving, design by Miss Pierpoint, engraved by William Hopwood for the Lady's Magazine, British, 1826
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a pale yellow evening dress with long full white sleeves and a deep panel of trimmings arranged in scallops around the skirt. She is also wearing a plume of large ostrich feathers in her hair, and is examining an open book which is resting on a side table covered by a pale green cloth and a deep purple shawl with a floral border.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 18.9cm
  • Sheet width: 12cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2311-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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