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Title
Evening dress, Spring 1812
Alternative Title
Evening Full 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 in full evening dress. She wears a long, white, short-sleeved, empire waist dress. The bodice has horizontally draped rows of pearls sewn onto it, which are gathered up at the center. Her skirt is long, white, and plain. She wears long white gloves that are loose on her arms, white shoes, and a white fan. She wears gold earrings and a two-tiered pearl necklace with a gold drop pendant with a red stone in the center. She wears a white bonnet with gold dots, and a ribbon on the left side. The donor has written 1812 in the bottom right hand corner.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00092.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/77
Language
English
Subject
Clothing and dress
Women's clothing
Dresses
Bodices
Bows (Ribbon work)
Earrings
Fans
Flowers
Gloves
Necklaces
Pearls
Roses
Women's shoes
Women's hats
19th C costume England
Time Period
1810-1819
United Kingdom - Regency, 1795-1837
Place
England
Source
Fashion plate, engraving (print), colored, 5.5 x 9.125 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 2
Relation
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fpc

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