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Title
French fashions, Summer 1846
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 are depicted. The woman on the left sits down and faces away from the viewer. She wears a pink bonnet and a blue dress and carries a small bouquet of pink flowers in her right hand. Her bonnet has a matching pink ribbon and a white plume. Her dress is off the shoulder and is a border patterned fabric with round motifs, or has trimming of matching blue beading. She has a white lace fichu or blouse at the neck and wears two bracelets on her left arm and one on her right. The woman on the right wears a white bonnet, a white dress, and holds a handkerchief in her left hand. Her bonnet is white with white plumes. The dress has elbow-length sleeves, a V-neck, and has a wide collar and pink flowers and bows down the center of the skirt and sleeves. The dress is brocade or lace with a foliage design. She wears bracelets on each arm.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00312.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/306
Subject
Women's clothing
Color in clothing
Hats
Dresses
Flowers
Lace and lace making
Feathers
19th C costume France
Bonnets (Hats)
Time Period
1840-1849
French - July Monarchy, 1830-1848
Place
France
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 5 x 7.875 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 7
Relation
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fpc

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