Opera Dress
Fashion Plate
1822 (published)
1822 (published)
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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.
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Title | Opera 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. |
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Accession number | E.2177-1888 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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