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Title
American ball gown, Winter 1898
Alternative Title
La Mode de Paris
Contributor
The Paris Fashion Company (editor and 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 is wearing a light turquoise blue and rose pink dress. The skirt of the dress is gored in diagonal sections of blue and pink stripes to create alternating zigzags across the skirt. On the front seam are flowers on the pink stripes and dots and trailing vines on the blue stripes with more decoration on the lower third of the skirt. The bodice is blue at the neckline with a draped pink section below. The neckline is square with a slight v at the center front, giving the look of a sweetheart neckline, which is edged with white scalloped trim. The pink section is bloused forming a 'pouter pigeon' silhouette and has flower patterns trimming the top edge and the center front. It has a center front point attached to the center front of the neckline. The fitted back portion of the bodice also has flower patterns. A waist or sash of blue encircles her waist. The sleeves are very short and edged with brown fur bands. She is wearing long white over the elbow gloves, two gold bracelets, and is holding a white feather fan. The toe of one blue shoe just shows at the hem of her dress. Her hair is done up and dressed with a single white feather plume.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00508.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/507
Language
English
French
Subject
Fans
Gloves
Fur garments
Stripes
Women's clothing
Dresses
Floral patterns
19th C costume United States
Time Period
1890-1899
American - Reconstructionist, 1865-1918
Place
United States
Source
Fashion plate, engraving (print), colored, 10.5 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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