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Evening Dress

Fashion Plate
1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a white evening dress with three lace flounces above the hem, under a dark red white fur-lined cloak fastening with gold tasselled cords, with white gloves, a gold necklace and white feathers in her hair

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEvening Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured etching
Brief description
'Evening Dress', fashion plate, designed by Miss Pierpoint, engraved by William Hopwood, and published in the Lady's Magazine, 1825
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a white evening dress with three lace flounces above the hem, under a dark red white fur-lined cloak fastening with gold tasselled cords, with white gloves, a gold necklace and white feathers in her hair
Dimensions
  • Length: 20.3cm (Note: converted from register)
  • Width: 12.7cm (Note: converted from register)
Marks and inscriptions
  • Evening Dress.
  • Invented by Miss Pierpoint & engraved for the Lady's Magazine, No. 2. 1825.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Willoughby Hodgson
Collection
Accession number
E.2912-1931

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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