Fashionable Morning & Evening Dresses for April 1820
Fashion Plate
April 1820 (published)
April 1820 (published)
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Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is standing and wearing a light blue-grey morning dress with a flounce around the hem, long sleeves with puffed shoulders, and a standing white ruff-style collar. She is also wearing a bonnet trimmed with blue feathers, and holding a purple reticule. The woman on the right is seating and writing in a book. She is wearing an evening dress in the same colour as the walking dress, with ruffled bands and stripes around the hem, short puffed sleeves, and a ruffled collar with long white gloves and a floral headpiece.
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Title | Fashionable Morning & Evening Dresses for April 1820 |
Materials and techniques | hand-coloured engraving and etching |
Brief description | 'Fashionable Morning & Evening Dresses for April 1820', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving and etching, designs by Miss Pierpoint, published by Dean & Munday, London, April 1820 |
Physical description | Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is standing and wearing a light blue-grey morning dress with a flounce around the hem, long sleeves with puffed shoulders, and a standing white ruff-style collar. She is also wearing a bonnet trimmed with blue feathers, and holding a purple reticule. The woman on the right is seating and writing in a book. She is wearing an evening dress in the same colour as the walking dress, with ruffled bands and stripes around the hem, short puffed sleeves, and a ruffled collar with long white gloves and a floral headpiece. |
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Accession number | E.2082-1888 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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