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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 examples of ladies' day wear, evening wear and bonnets. The materials used are predominantly satin, velvet and lace.
Townsend's Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes was first published in 1823. It contained mostly imported French fashion plates from Parisian magazines such as Le Journal des Dames et des Modes and Le Petit Courrier des Dames.
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- Online ID: 000-190-002-043-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
Project description View all records in project - 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)
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- 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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