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Carriage Costume

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

Fashion plate showing a woman leaning against an urn atop a pedestal. She is wearing an olive green long-sleeved dress which has two flounces above the hem embroidered with three rows of leafy stem motifs. She is also wearing a high white bonnet lavishly trimmed with lace and pink flowers and tying with white ribbons, a white ruff-style collar, beige gloves, and black shoes.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCarriage Costume
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving
Brief description
'Carriage Costume', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving, design by Miss Pierpoint, engraved for the Lady's Magazine, British, 1826
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman leaning against an urn atop a pedestal. She is wearing an olive green long-sleeved dress which has two flounces above the hem embroidered with three rows of leafy stem motifs. She is also wearing a high white bonnet lavishly trimmed with lace and pink flowers and tying with white ribbons, a white ruff-style collar, beige gloves, and black shoes.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 21cm
  • Sheet width: 12.4cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2310-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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