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Title
English fashions, 1875
Alternative Title
The Young Englishman
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 in a garden. The woman on the left wears her blond hair up. Her pink and white dress has a v-neck, long sleeves, and am ornate skirt. Her lapels, sleeves, skirt, and a wide ruffle at the hem are white, and trimmed with fringe. Pink bows accent the bodice and hem. She wears earrings and a choker with a gold pendant. She holds or encircles a bird cage with three birds that rests on a balustrade. The woman on the right wears her hair up with a small round straw hat with pink flowers, plumes, leaves, and blue ribbon which ties under her chin. Her dress is vivid turquoise blue with darker blue striped details, long bell sleeves, and a fancy skirt, trimmed with ruffles. A fringe trimmed sash hangs from a bow at the back of her waist. She wears earrings and hold a blue ruffled parasol.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00446.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/440
Language
English
Subject
Women's clothing
Color in clothing
Dresses
Earrings
Necklaces
Parasols
Hats
Bows (Ribbon work)
Stripes
Birds
19th C costume England
Chokers
Fringe
Ruffle
Time Period
1870-1879
United Kingdom - High Victorian, 1860-1885
Place
England
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 6.5 x 9.75 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 10

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