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Title
Promenade dress, Summer 1812
Alternative Title
Promenade Dress
Contributor
R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts (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 wears a promenade dress from 1812. The white, long-sleeved dress is covered by a short, white cape draped over her shoulders. Her cape is tied in the front with a ribbon and has decorative stitching or embroidery on the edges and hem. She wears light yellow gloves and a light yellow or straw hat. She wears a gold bracelet on each wrist.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00090.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/79
Language
English
Subject
Clothing and dress
Women's clothing
Dresses
Bracelets
Bows (Ribbon work)
Chairs
Flowers
Gloves
Grasses
Jewelry-Religious aspects
Parasols
Shawls
Trees
Women's hats
Leaves
Shrubs
Bonnets (Hats)
Capes (Outerwear)
19th C costume England
Time Period
1810-1819
United Kingdom - Regency, 1795-1837
Place
England
Source
Fashion plate, engraving (print), colored, 5.5 x 8.5 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 2
Relation
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fpc

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