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Title
American ball gown, 1898
Alternative Title
La Mode de Paris
Contributor
Petit, Henry (editor)
Paris Fashion Company (publisher)
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
A woman in a ball gown stands at the bottom of a flight of carpeted stairs. She is wearing a pink dress with a long train. An embroidered or beaded floral pattern ornaments the center front near the hem. The bodice of the dress has a neckline covered in pink blossoms, with white fringe below. Over it she wears a floor length dark green velvet cloak. The cloak is open down the front, and has an elbow length cape with pink patterned lapels edged with brown fur with two golden tassels. The collar is very high, reaching up to her ears, and also has brown fur edging. She is wearing long white gloves, two gold bracelets, and is holding a white feather fan. Her hair is dressed up with a white feather and a white feather plume at the top.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00509.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/508
Language
English
French
Subject
Dresses
Fans
Women's clothing
Fur garments
Tassels
Flowers
Gloves
Bracelets
Cloaks
Hair ornaments
19th C costume United States
Ball dress
Trains (Costume components)
Time Period
1890-1899
American - Reconstructionist, 1865-1918
Place
United States
Source
Fashion plate, engraving (print), colored, 10.375 x 14.5 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrel Kirby, box 11
Relation
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fpc

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