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Coeffure en cheveux ornée de fleurs de cardinalia et d'epis d'or, de l'invention de Mr. Albin. Robe de tulle à corsage gallo-grec.

Unknown1822

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Hand-coloured fashion engraving. Design for a white tulle ball-dress and an elaborate hairstyle both trimmed with cardinal flowers, the hair also dressed with ears of wheat. Handwritten annotation in English down the side reading "The Dress of Tulle - the trimming full quilling of the same - the bottom of Body of rouleaux of Satin."

Details

  • Title: Coeffure en cheveux ornée de fleurs de cardinalia et d'epis d'or, de l'invention de Mr. Albin. Robe de tulle à corsage gallo-grec.
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1822
  • Location: Paris
  • Provenance: Given by the House of Worth
  • Medium: hand-coloured engraving

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