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Title
French fashions, Autumn 1845
Alternative Title
Modes de Paris: Petit Courrier des Dames
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 the countryside. There are mountains in the background, large white buildings next to a lake or river, and large trees, including a row of cypress. The woman at the left faces away and wears a white bonnet with a double ruffle at the back, and a sheer veil that blows in the breeze. She wears a light purple dress and a pink shawl. The dress has long sleeves with lace cuffs and the shawl has narrow black stripes and a deep fringe. The woman on the right wears a pink bonnet with ruching edging the brim and crown. Her blue and gray horizontaly striped dress has long sleeves. Over this she wears a black mantelet with black velvet or fur edging that is lined in pink. She carries a handkerchief.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00300.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/302
Language
French
Subject
Women's clothing
Color in clothing
Hats
Shawls
Coats
Stripes
19th C costume France
Bonnets (Hats)
Mantelets
Time Period
1840-1849
French - July Monarchy, 1830-1848
Place
France
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 6.5 x 10 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 7

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