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Fashion plate

Unknown1816

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Hand-coloured fashion engraving. Two day dresses with ruffled hems. On the left, a spencer jacket is worn over the dress with a ruffled collar and long sleeves, the model wears a yellow straw bonnet with ostrich feather trimming, and has a red reticule attached to her waist by a gold chain. On the right, a poke bonnet trimmed with peacock feathers and a long scarf crossed over the breasts and tied in back, in pink, lilac, and yellow stripes.

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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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