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Title
French fashions, 1857
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 are walking in the woods. The woman on the left wears a pink and white bonnet, edged with white lace and accented with wide pink ribbon. Her dress is deep vivid blue and is covered by a brown fur coat. She carries a matching brown muff in her left hand. The woman on the right wears a blue bonnet, also edged in white lace, and accented with blue ribbon. Her dress is black and covered by a blue cloak. The cloak is edged with white ermine and she carries a matching muff in her left hand. The skirts of both women are very wide and full.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00369.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/351
Language
French
Subject
Women's clothing
Color in clothing
Dresses
Hats
Cloaks
Coats
Muffs
Fur garments
Ribbons
Lace and lace making
19th C costume France
Bonnets (Hats)
Time Period
1850-1859
French - Second Empire, 1852-1870
Place
France
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 7.5 x 10.625 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby box 8

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