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Description
A woman in a dress from 1833. The woman wears a long sleeved, ankle-length, white patterned dress. The pattern on the dress is a series of straight and wavy blue stripes with pink dots and small leave shapes in between. A wide diagonal band of same fabric borders the hem. She wears a belt of the same patterned material. Her bodice is made of white lace. Epaulets of the same lace cover her shoulders, with a scalloped lace edging. The collar is made of the scalloped white lace fabric and there is a large gold brooch on the collar. Her sleeves are leg of mutton style. She wears white shoes and yellow gloves. She wears a pink bonnet with a pink ribbon, and blue flowers placed on top of the bonnet. She looks towards the left.
Bodices Clothing and dress Collars Color in clothing Dresses Flowers Gloves Gold jewelry Brooches Lace and lace making Leaves Ribbons Stripes Umbrellas Women's clothing Women's hats Women's shoes Bonnets (Hats) Dots 19th C costume England
Time Period
1830-1839 United Kingdom - Regency, 1795-1837
Place
England
Source
Fashion plate, engraving (print), colored, 3.5 x 6.625 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 5
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