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Ball Dress

Fashion Plate
1827 (made)
Artist/Maker
R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

Fashion plate showing a young woman wearing a pink and white ball dress

Object details

Categories
Fashion Plates
Clothing
Fashion
Prints
Evening Wear
Object type
Fashion plate
TitleBall Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description
'Ball Dress'. Fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving, published by R. Ackermann, English, December 1827
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a young woman wearing a pink and white ball dress
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 24.3cm
  • Sheet width: 15.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Plate 34, Vol. X. (top right hand corner)
  • BALL DRESS
  • No. 60 of R ACKERMANN's REPOSITORY OF ARTS & c. Pub. Decr. 1, 1827
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2408:2-1886

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O935699/ball-dress-fashion-plate-r-ackermanns-repository/
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