Fashion engraving from "Moniteur des Dames & des Demoiselles"
Books & Magazines
2020.10.9.1.BM.MG.1858.FR
Authors
Jules DAVID (French, 1808 - 1892)Administration du Moniteur des Dames et des Demoiselles
Description
Watercolour fashion plate n° 547 from the "Moniteur des Dames & des Demoiselles", represents women's costume according to fashion trends in the late 1850s.Engraving depicts two women in the noble interior. The lady on the left is wearing a crinoline gown in dark, almost black colours, consisting of a dress and a pelerine cape, both decorated with tassels on the bottom. Her head is adorned with a brown bonnet hat with bright blue ribbons. The woman on the right is represented in probably a wedding dress, or a ball gown, short sleeves and low shoulder line, of white colour decorated on the skirt and the cuffs with blue flowers and leaves. Same floral decoration is repeated in the updo hairstyle. Both dresses are from House of Gagelin.
Materials
Hand-coloured engravingPaper
Origin
1858 FranceDimensions
Length : 19 cmHeight : 28 cm