Fashion plate, from Le Petit Courrier des Dames

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This hand-coloured fashion plate is from Le Petit Courrier des Dames, a weekly fashion magazine published in Paris. The plate is one of a series entitled, 'Modes de Paris' and illustrates women's wear. It is dated 5 November, 1836.

By having the figures both standing and seated, the outfit can be appreciated from the front and back. The double triangular look, fashionable at the time, was created by having large puffed sleeves and full skirts joined in the middle by a tightly-laced waist.

Le Petit Courrier des Dames was in publication from 1822 until around 1865. An English version called, The Ladies' Little Messenger, came out in 1823 but did not last long.

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• Online ID: 000-100-087-175-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 24.15
• Date: 1823 - 1861
  1836
  
• Material: Inscription: Modes de Paris
  Paper. Inscription: Women's wear
  Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Dimensions: 8.90" x 5.50"
  
• What: Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
  Fashion plates
  
• Who: Petit Courrier des Dames
  
• Where: France, Paris
  France, Paris
  
• Event:
• Description: One of forty-nine fashion plates entitled Modes de Paris, from the Petit Courrier des Dames, 1823 - 1861
  Fashion plate showing women's wear, including an embroidered shawl, from Petit Courrier des Dames, Paris, number 1300, 5 November, 1836
  
• References:
  • Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, pp 64-7. 
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