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Morning Visiting Dress

Fashion Plate
ca. 1838 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a morning dress. The dress is a pale beige-brown, and is decorated with small red roses and has matching waist ties. The collar of the dress is white ruffled lace, and the sleeves are puffed and close around the wrists with small lace cuffs. The dress has a double frill. She is wearing a large, green bonnet with a wide peak, tied under her chin with a long ribbon.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMorning Visiting Dress (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Brief description
Fashion plate depicting a Morning Visiting Dress; ca. 1838
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a morning dress. The dress is a pale beige-brown, and is decorated with small red roses and has matching waist ties. The collar of the dress is white ruffled lace, and the sleeves are puffed and close around the wrists with small lace cuffs. The dress has a double frill. She is wearing a large, green bonnet with a wide peak, tied under her chin with a long ribbon.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.8cm
  • Width: 9.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
MORNING VISITING DRESS (Bottom of image, centered.)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Willoughby Hodgson
Object history
R.P. 1931/8223
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.2766-1931

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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