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Opera Dress

Fashion Plate
1822 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman standing in an opera box, with one arm resting on a chair. She is wearing a pink and white striped evening dress with short white puffed sleeves, a fitted bodice trimmed with triangular pink decoration across the neckline and sleeve-heads, a pink waistband, and two rows of pink diamond-shaped trimmings above the hem of the skirt. She is also wearing long white gloves, white shoes, a gold necklace, and a pink hat trimmed with white feathers.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleOpera Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving with etching
Brief description
'Opera Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving with etching, probably published by R. Ackermann, British, 1822
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman standing in an opera box, with one arm resting on a chair. She is wearing a pink and white striped evening dress with short white puffed sleeves, a fitted bodice trimmed with triangular pink decoration across the neckline and sleeve-heads, a pink waistband, and two rows of pink diamond-shaped trimmings above the hem of the skirt. She is also wearing long white gloves, white shoes, a gold necklace, and a pink hat trimmed with white feathers.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 20.8cm
  • Sheet width: 12.7cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2177-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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