Fashion plate, from Townsend's Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes

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This hand-coloured fashion plate is from a copy of Townsend's Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes, a fashion magazine published in London. The plate is from issue no 168 of the magazine, published in December, 1838.

The plate illustrates ladies' day wear, evening wear and bonnets. The bottom section shows examples of (from left to right) a silk dress trimmed with quill ribbon, a satin dress, a satin cloak trimmed with silk fringe and a silk dress.

The plates contained in Townsend's Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes were predominantly French imports with English descriptions added on. They therefore provide a reliable record of French fashions at that time.

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• Online ID: 000-190-002-042-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 44
• Date: 1838
  December 1838
  
• Material: Journal, fashion
  
• Dimensions: 11.70" x 9.20"
  
• What: Journal, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who:
• Where: France, Paris
  
• Event:
• Description: Townsend's Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes, Issue No. 168, December 1838
  
• References:
  • Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, p 68. 
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