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Title
French fashions, 1847
Alternative Title
Journal de Femmes
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 standing in a parlor. The woman on the left wears her hair dressed with pink flowers and green leaves. Her dress has an off the shoulder neckline and short sleeves. The waistline is pointed and the dress has pink flowers and green leaves at the neck, sleeves, and down the front of the dress. She wears gold bracelets, gloves, and holds a gold fan in her left hand. The woman on the right wears a white bonnet with matching feathers and ribbon over her ringlets. Her dress is tan with long sleeves. Over the dress she wears a navy coat with double pleated ruffles around the hem and the sleeves. She holds a handkerchief in her left hand.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00343.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/319
Language
French
Subject
Women's clothing
Color in clothing
Dresses
Hats
Hair ornaments
Flowers
Fans
Handkerchiefs
Coats
Feathers
19th C costume France
Bonnets (Hats)
Overcoats
Ruffle
Time Period
1840-1849
French - July Monarchy, 1830-1848
Place
France
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 6.125 x 9.5 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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