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Opera Dress

Fashion Plate
April 1827 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a white opera dress with short puffed sleeves, trimmed with vandyking and two large puffed flounces around the skirt. She is also wearing an elaborately feathered pale blue bonnet, gold drop earrings, a blue necklace, long white gloves, and white shoes.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleOpera Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving and etching
Brief description
'Opera Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving and etching, published by Joseph Robins, April 1827
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a white opera dress with short puffed sleeves, trimmed with vandyking and two large puffed flounces around the skirt. She is also wearing an elaborately feathered pale blue bonnet, gold drop earrings, a blue necklace, long white gloves, and white shoes.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 15.3cm
  • Sheet width: 8.3cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2091-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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