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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 green ruched bonnet with a white plume. Her dress is light blue edged with ruching at the neck, cuffs, and center front of the skirt. The three-quarter length sleeves are bell shaped. Her underskirt and neck are white lace, with a very deep ruffle at the hem of the skirt, and a narrow ruffle at the neck. She wears light tan gloves and a white bracelet, and carries a white ruffled handkerchief and a closed brown parasol.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00285.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/281
Language
English
Subject
Women's clothing
Color in clothing
Hats
Parasols
Handkerchiefs
19th C costume
Bonnets (Hats)
Ruffle
Underskirts
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, 4 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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