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Title
Riding habit
Alternative Title
Le Moniteur de la Mode
Publication Information
Ella Strong Denison Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/
Description
Two women stand side by side under a striped blue and brown pavilion with tassels. A castle or chateau is visible on a hill in the distance. The woman on the left wears a white bonnet with feathers and a gray dress with narrow blue stripes, with a wide ruffle midway down the skirt. The dress has a surplice bodice with a white high collared garment underneath. She carries has a white fringed shawl over her elbows. The woman on the right wears a riding habit with a wide-brimmed gray hat with a feather, a white high-collared shirt under a hip-length black riding jacket, and a light blue skirt. She wears a bright red scarf or ribbon tied at her neck, white gloves, and carries a riding crop.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00284.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/282
Language
French
Subject
Women's clothing
Color in clothing
Dresses
Hats
Jackets
Riding habit
Shawls
Stripes
19th C costume France
Bonnets (Hats)
Crop, riding
Time Period
1840-1849
French - July Monarchy, 1830-1848
Place
France
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 8 x 11.25 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 6

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