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Title
French fashions, Spring 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 standing in a parlor. The woman on the left wears her hair in a low bun. Her dress is gray. The jacket has a fancy white collar and white cuffs, accented with pink ribbon running through the collar and in a number of small bows on the cuffs. The hem of her jacket is edged with fringe. On her skirt, the bodice, and sleeves of the jacket is a crenelated pattern, with small accent spots. She wears yellow gloves. The woman on the right wears a brown bonnet with white ribbon and a brown plume. Her dress is purple with stripes on the skirt in a v-shaped pattern. Her dress has long bell sleeves.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00370.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/352
Language
French
Subject
Women's clothing
Color in clothing
Dresses
Hats
Jackets
Stripes
Gloves
Feathers
19th C costume France
Bonnets (Hats)
Fringe
Time Period
1850-1859
French - Second Empire, 1852-1870
Place
France
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 7.625 x 10.625 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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