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Fashion plate

Unknown1816

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Hand-coloured fashion engraving showing male and female dress. The man in profile, in a dark blue overcoat with a fur lining and tasselled frog fastenings across the chest, over long trousers, with a top hat and walking cane. The woman shown from the back in an ankle-length white ball dress with a transparent overskirt, the bodice with pale pink piping, the hem of the underdress bordered with flowers which are echoed in her hairstyle.

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  • Title: Fashion plate
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1816
  • Location: Paris
  • Provenance: Given by the House of Worth
  • Medium: hand-coloured engraving
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