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Description
A woman in a dress from 1833. The woman wears a short-sleeved ankle-length blue dress. The off-the-shoulder neck is edged with white lace. The dress has wide puffed sleeves that are decorated with ribbons of the same blue as the dress, and epaulettes of the same fabric as the dress. Her bodice is pleated horizontally at the top, and the bottom is fitted. She wears a gold brooch with three dangling beads at the neck. The bodice is edged with a blue cord that is tied in a small bow, with tassels and the ends. The skirt has a wide pattern of twining leaves along the hem. She wears white slippers, white gloves, gold earrings, and holds a white handkerchief in her right hand. She wears a blue pleated turban with white ribbon detailing and a white feather peeking out from the back of the turban. Her hair is dressed in two bunches of curls. She looks to the left.
Bodices Brocade Brooches Clothing and dress Color in clothing Dresses Earrings Feathers Gloves Gold jewelry Handkerchiefs Lace and lace making Leaves Sleeves Tassels Turbans Women's clothing Women's hats Women's shoes 19th C costume England
Time Period
1830-1839 United Kingdom - Regency, 1795-1837
Place
England
Source
Fashion plate, engraving (print), colored, 3.375 x 5.625 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 5
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