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Evening Dress

Fashion Plate
August 1827 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a puff-sleeved white evening dress decorated with leaf-shaped pink puffed trimmings. She has an elaborate red and orange ribbon and feather headpiece and a white lace veil.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEvening Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving
Brief description
'Evening Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving, published by R. Ackermann, English, August 1827
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a puff-sleeved white evening dress decorated with leaf-shaped pink puffed trimmings. She has an elaborate red and orange ribbon and feather headpiece and a white lace veil.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 23.7cm
  • Sheet width: 15.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • EVENING DRESS
  • No. 56 of R ACKERMANN's REPOSITORY OF ARTS & c. Pub. Aug. 1, 1827
Collection
Accession number
E.2408:4-1886

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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