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Title
Promenade dress, 1843
Alternative Title
Public Promenade Dress
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 white bonnet with ruffles, plumes, and pink flowers inside the brim. Her gray dress has a brocade pattern and white ruffles cuffs. Her cloak is medium blue and trimmed with elaborate rows of ruffles, rosettes, ribbons, and bows. The cloak has a wide collar and fastens at the neck with a bow, and has openings at the sides for her arms. She carries a white handkerchief edged with an eyelet ruffle.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00282.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/275
Language
English
Subject
Women's clothing
Color in clothing
Hats
Dresses
Coats
Handkerchiefs
19th C costume
Bonnets (Hats)
Ruffle
Time Period
1840-1849
United Kingdom - Early Victorian, 1837-1860
American - Jacksonian, 1824-1850
French - July Monarchy, 1830-1848
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 3.75 x 6.375 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 6
Relation
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fpc

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