Fashion plate, from Le Petit Courrier des Dames

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This hand-coloured fashion plate is from a scrap album containing a selection of 19th century plates. The plate is from Le Petit Courrier des Dames, a weekly fashion magazine published in Paris. Dated 20 July, 1836, it illustrates two day dresses.

The seated woman is wearing a lace trimmed gown of jaconet - a thin cotton fabric like muslin. The other dress is of silk and is worn with a lace edged shawl.

Le Petit Courrier des Dames was one of the most important of the 19th century French fashion magazines. In 1821, for its first year of publication, it was known as the Nouveau Journal des Dames. It continued in publication until around 1865.

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• Online ID: 000-100-104-872-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 154.26
• Date: 1836
  
• Material: Paper. Inscription: Peignoir en Jaconas garni en dentelle gothique
  Document / plate, fashion
  
• Dimensions: 14.80" x 10.00"
  
• What: Document / plate, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates
  
• Who: Petit Courrier des Dames
  
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• Description: Fashion plate showing a woman in a day dress and bonnet with a lace edged shawl and a 'peignoir en jaconas garni en dentelle gothique', from Petit Courrier des Dames, 20 July 1836
  
• References:
  • Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, p 64. 
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