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Title
French fashions, Spring 1859
Alternative Title
Journal des Jeunes Personnes
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 and two young girls are depicted in a parlor. The woman, standing to the left, wears a white lace bonnet with green ribbon. Her dress is tan with thin red edged lace ruffles that trims the sleeves, and the three tiers of the skirt. Her dress has a jewel neck and long sleeves. Her white blouse has a narrow collar, and long full gathered sleeves. She wears a green and red striped shawl trimmed with black lace over her elbows. Next to her is a young girl dressed for communion. She wears a white lace veil over a white bonnet tied under her chin, and a white dress. Her dress has a jewel neck and long sleeves. Her skirt has horizontal stripes or pintucks, and two tiers. She holds a prayer book in her right hand. The girl on the right wears a yellow bonnet with blue and white ribbon. Her dress is blue, with a black checkered pattern edged with narrow black trim, and ends just below the knee. Visible from under her dress is the white lace trim of her knickers. Her white blouse has long full gathered sleeves. She wears brown ankle boots and white stockings.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00383.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/381
Language
French
Subject
Women's clothing
Girls' clothing
Color in clothing
Dresses
Hats
Ribbons
Stripes
Shawls
Veils
Lace and lace making
Books
Boots
19th C costume France
Bonnets (Hats)
Checker pattern
Time Period
1850-1859
French - Second Empire, 1852-1870
Place
France
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 6.75 x 10.375; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 8
Relation
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fpc

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