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Costume for Dinner Parties

Fashion Plate
March 1816 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a white satin robe with long crepe sleeves and under-dress, with an open lace collar, small pink trimmings, and van-dyked flounces around the hem. She is also wearing a pink and white hat and white shoes

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCostume for Dinner Parties
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving and etching
Brief description
'Costume for Dinner Parties', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving and etching, design by Mrs Bell, published in La Belle Assemblee, March 1816
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a white satin robe with long crepe sleeves and under-dress, with an open lace collar, small pink trimmings, and van-dyked flounces around the hem. She is also wearing a pink and white hat and white shoes
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 21cm
  • Sheet width: 12.3cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2192-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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