Ball Dress
Fashion Plate
February 1823 (made)
February 1823 (made)
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Fashion plate showing a woman standing in front of a carved seat wearing a white tulle and satin ball dress trimmed with yellow satin strips and rosettes, with two festooned flounces at the hem above a panel of blond lace. The bodice is also trimmed with blond lace, and has short puffed sleeves decorated with yellow satin trimmings, and a white satin waistband. She is also wearing long white gloves, a large gold cross on a necklace, drop earrings, and a beaded hairnet.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Ball Dress |
| Materials and techniques | hand-coloured engraving and etching |
| Brief description | 'Ball Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving with etched shading, published in La Belle Assemblee, Great Britain, February 1823 |
| Physical description | Fashion plate showing a woman standing in front of a carved seat wearing a white tulle and satin ball dress trimmed with yellow satin strips and rosettes, with two festooned flounces at the hem above a panel of blond lace. The bodice is also trimmed with blond lace, and has short puffed sleeves decorated with yellow satin trimmings, and a white satin waistband. She is also wearing long white gloves, a large gold cross on a necklace, drop earrings, and a beaded hairnet. |
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| Accession number | E.1966-1888 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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