Fashionable Morning & Opera Dresses for April 1825
Fashion Plate
April 1825 (published)
April 1825 (published)
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Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is wearing a long-sleeved pale brown morning dress with a wide white collar trimmed with a narrow frill, and a full skirt bordered with a roll of puffed trimming above the hem. She has a gold chain around her neck and tucked through her waistband, and is also wearing white shoes, yellow gloves, and a white lace cap decorated with two pale pink flowers. The woman on the right is wearing a short puff-sleeved white evening dress with pleated decoration and a roll of puffed trimming above the hem. Over her dress, she has a pale blue caped opera cloak trimmed with white fur. She is also wearing long white gloves, pearl jewellery, and a blue and yellow turban-style headdress trimmed with white feathers.
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Title | Fashionable Morning & Opera Dresses for April 1825 |
Materials and techniques | hand-coloured engraving and etching |
Brief description | 'Fashionable Morning & Opera Dresses for April 1825', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving with etched shading, designs by Miss Pierpoint, published by Dean & Munday, London, April 1825 |
Physical description | Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is wearing a long-sleeved pale brown morning dress with a wide white collar trimmed with a narrow frill, and a full skirt bordered with a roll of puffed trimming above the hem. She has a gold chain around her neck and tucked through her waistband, and is also wearing white shoes, yellow gloves, and a white lace cap decorated with two pale pink flowers. The woman on the right is wearing a short puff-sleeved white evening dress with pleated decoration and a roll of puffed trimming above the hem. Over her dress, she has a pale blue caped opera cloak trimmed with white fur. She is also wearing long white gloves, pearl jewellery, and a blue and yellow turban-style headdress trimmed with white feathers. |
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Accession number | E.2083-1888 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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