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Title
American fashions, Winter 1898
Alternative Title
Le Bon Ton et Le Moniteur de la Mode United
Contributor
S.T. Taylor Co. (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 suit with dress with rose pink accents. In the top right hand corner of the picture is a depiction of the back of the suit. The jacket has long tight sleeves with some fullness at the shoulder, and the upper sleeves are decorated with self stripes and banding. The jacket bodice is very elaborate with the upper section cut bolero style with the top layer self striped, and the lower bolero layer rose pink. The blue layer has double curved edge lapels with banding on the edges. The under layer of the jacket bodice is double breasted with four buttons, princess seaming, and curved hems extending just below her waist. The entire jacket has a deep v neck. Underneath the jacket is a rose pink and cream lace blouse with an extremely high collar. The lace is v necked over the rose pink, and fastened in front with six narrow black bars. The back of the jacket has the self striping meeting in a series of v s at the center back. The lower section also has striping on the back. The skirt is gored and flares out at the hem. Five bands at the hips extend from the sides of the center front gore to the center back of the skirt. a high red collar. She is wearing a black straw hat with black poufs, a black feather wing, a curled black plume with a large rectangular buckle at the front. She is holding a gray fur muff.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00510.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/506
Language
English
French
Subject
Muffs
Dresses
Women's clothing
Women's hats
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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