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Title
French fashions, 1846
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 stand in a garden. The one on the left wears a lace cap with ruffles, a gold dress, and carries a basket of flowers. Her cap is white lace with pink and blue flowers and green leaves. Her dress has a narrow white shirt collar and has a blue ribbon tied in a bow in front. The skirt has five ruffled layers. The bodice has a pointed waist and long narrow sleeves. The woman on the right wears a pink bonnet, a blue striped dress, a blue and black mantelet and carried a blue parasol. Her bonnet is pink with white lace and pink flowers. The white and blue vertical striped dress has a high collar, long sleeves, and buttons down the front to the hem. Her mantelet is a deep navy blue in black covered and edged in black lace.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00309.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/310
Language
French
Subject
Women's clothing
Color in clothing
Hats
Parasols
Flowers
Stripes
Lace and lace making
19th C costume France
Bonnets (Hats)
Ruffle
Time Period
1840-1849
French - July Monarchy, 1830-1848
Place
France
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 7 x 10.25 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 7

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