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Title
Fashions, Spring 1841
Alternative Title
Fashions for April 1841
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
Five women are depicted. The woman at the top left wears her hair parted and dressed in curls at the sides, adorned with pink roses. She wears a white off-the-shoulder dress with pink roses on the sleeves. The top middle woman wears a pink ruffled bonnet and a light blue dress with a notched shawl collar and cuffed flounce sleeves. Her hair is in ringlets. The top right woman wears a headpiece of white with yellow and pink accents and tassels. She wears a pink off-the-shoulder dress accented with white lace and flounce sleeves. The bottom left woman wears her hair in ringlets decorated with pink roses and a white and pink plume by her left ear. She wears a pink off-the-shoulder dress accented with white lace and pearls on the skirt. She holds a small formal bouquet of pink roses and wears a rectangular brooch. The bottom right woman wears a yellow bonnet with lace and wide ribbons. Her dress is green with a white notched shawl collar, intricate trimmings, a lace collar with an oval brooch and a multi-colored floral shawl.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00261.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/261
Language
English
Subject
Hair ornaments
Hats
Dresses
Color in clothing
Shawls
Flowers
Lace and lace making
Pearls
19th C costume
Bonnets (Hats)
Time Period
1840-1849
United Kingdom - Early Victorian, 1837-1860
American - Jacksonian, 1824-1850
French - July Monarchy, 1830-1848
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 6.5 x 9.75 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 6
Relation
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fpc

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