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Identifier: worldoffashionco13lond (find matches)
Title: The World of fashion and continental feuilletons
Year: 1836 (1830s)
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Subjects: Fashion
Publisher: London : Published by Mr. Bell
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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Morning and evening dresses

Fig. 1.—A promenade dress (en rédingote) of mauve silk; the fronts and pelerine trimmed with a ribbon rûche en suite; very full sleeves, the fulness drawn into upright gathers above the :cuffs. White cambric collar reversed, and edged with Mechlin lace. Black velvet bonnet, coming very low on the cheek, edged with a gold-coloured rouleau, and ornamented with a sprig of little gold-coloured flowers, and black velvet leaves; the ribbon is a black brocaded satin. Primrose gloves. Light cloth boots, with kid fronts.

Fig. 2.—A dinner-dress of white satin, stamped in a light pattern of coloured flowers; pointed corsage, draped across the bosom; and blond lace Sevigné cape, forming a stomacher; sabot short sleeves, and lace ruffles, looped up with bows of figured green ribbon; similar ornaments on each shoulder, and the centre of the corsage; blond lace cap, trimmed with pink and white gauze ribbon; a demi wreath of rose-buds next the faxt; pearl necklace; white kid gloves; and gold bracelets.

Fig. 3.—A dress of white organdie, trimmed with robings, made in rosettes of the same; a rose inside each, and pink satin leaves; corsage à la Paysanne, laced with pink ribbon; girdle of the same; very short sleeves, entirely covered by separate falls of blonde lace; little black velvet colleret, and gold cross suspended to it; gold ear-rings; and a wreath of wheat ears, placed high in front, like a diadem; the hair in antique braids.

Half-length figures

1.—Evening dress of white satin, vandyked blond cape, pointed on the borom. Etole scarf of pink satin, trimmed with swans-down. The hair in full ringlets on the temples, the tufts crowned with roses; front hair parted.

2.—Front view of the same coiffure.

3.—Demi negligé, a white organdie dress and tulle collar, edged with blond; rose-color velvet colleret, and green velvet bonnet, very much évasé in front.

4.—Reversed view of the third whole-length. The dress is here represented in blue, and the rosettes formed in blue ribbon.

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