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Title
French fashions, Winter 1847
Alternative Title
Les Modes Parisiennes
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 depicted in an elaborate marble room. The woman on the right wears a navy bonnet with matching ruffles and ribbon. Her dress is deep forest green with jagged edges and pleats. Over her dress is a navy coat with a quilted pattern and ruffles down the center front. The woman on the right wears a brown bonnet with yellow ribbon. Her dress is silver with military style fastenings down the front. Over her dress is a brown coat with black lace in tiers trimming the skirt. Behind the women is a double staircase with two columns, an urn, and a statue of a women, all in the classical style. Two women climb the stairs on the left, and a single man in red military uniform and a bicorn hat leans over the stairs on the right.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00342.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/323
Language
French
Subject
Women's clothing
Color in clothing
Dresses
Hats
Coats
Lace and lace making
19th C costume France
Bonnets (Hats)
Time Period
1840-1849
French - July Monarchy, 1830-1848
Place
France
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 7.5 x 10.75 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 8
Relation
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fpc

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