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Description
Two women are depicted standing in a garden, with trees and a tall stone building in the background. The woman on the left wears a white ruched bonnet with pink flowers. Her dress is a light pink with long sleeves. There are narrow black vertical stripes on the dress and down the middle front is black crisscrossed trim. Over her dress, she wears a white lace mantelet tied in the middle with a green ribbon. The woman on the right wears a pink bonnet with matching plumes. Her dress is a pale blue with a checked Tattersall plaid pattern. The dress has a narrow white collar with a pink bow, long sleeves, and a pointed waistline. On the skirt are two wide ruffles in the same fabric as the dress. She has a white shawl with deep fringe draped over her elbows. In her left hand is a light blue parasol.
Women's clothing Color in clothing Dresses Hats Stripes Shawls Lace and lace making Parasols Feathers 19th C costume United States Bonnets (Hats) Checker pattern Fringe Mantelets Ruffle
Time Period
1840-1849 American - Jacksonian, 1824-1850
Place
United States
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 6.25 x 10.125 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 8
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