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Description
Two women are depicted on a porch. The woman on the left is seated and the woman on the right is standing. The woman on the left wears a white Tyrolean hat with red and pink flowers and a dark blue edging. She wears a black dress with a blue floral pattern and blue trimming. Her collar is decorated with a blue bow and blue wavy bands trim her sleeves. Her white blouse has pleated sleeves and collar. She wears white gloves and holds a book in her left hand and a white parasol in her left. The woman on the right reaches up to a hanging plant. She wears her blond hair up with ringlets hanging at the back. Her light blue dress has a v-neck and long bell sleeves. Underneath her white blouse has pleats at the v neck and the wrists. Her double-breasted jacket is edged in dark blue at the lapels, the peplum, and the slash pockets, and has dark blue buttons. The cuffs of the sleeves have three buttons on them, and a pointed shape created by the blue trim. The front of her skirt has multiple tiers of ruffles and the back is draped. Her accessories include gold earrings and a black choker with a gold ornament.
Women's clothing Color in clothing Dresses Hats Parasols Flowers Bows (Ribbon work) Books Earrings Buttons 19th C costume Spain Chokers Ruffle Floral patterns
Time Period
1870-1879 United Kingdom - High Victorian, 1860-1885 American - Reconstructionist, 1865-1918 French - Second Empire, 1852-1870 French - Third Republic, 1870-1940
Place
Spain
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 10.375 x 14.375 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 9
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