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Fashion plate, from Le Petit Courrier des Dames

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Postcard of Fashion plate, from Le Petit Courrier des Dames.
000-100-087-178-C
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Fashion plate, from Le Petit Courrier des Dames

This hand-coloured fashion plate is from Le Petit Courrier des Dames, a weekly fashion magazine published in Paris. The plate illustrates two women wearing fancy dress and is dated 31 January, 1837.

The plate is entitled 'Modes de Paris'. The woman on the left is wearing a Flemish costume, while the right hand woman is wearing a Russian costume.

The 19th century fashion magazine contained many suggestions for fancy dress. The fancy dress ball was one of the occasions when women could be outwardly frivolous. Originating about the time of Waterloo, they were extremely popular.


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Online ID: 000-100-087-178-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 24.18
Date: 1823 - 1861
1837
Material: Inscription: Modes de Paris
Paper. Inscription: Costume Flamand ; Costume Russe
Dimensions: 8.90" x 5.50" mounted
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 two women wearing fancy dress, a 'costume Flamand' and a 'costume Russe', from Petit Courrier des Dames, Paris, number 1322, 31 January, 1837
References:
  • Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, p 166. 
  • Norris, H & Curtis, O. Costume & Fashion, Volume Six, The Nineteenth Century. London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1933, p 52. 
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