000-100-087-201-C
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Fashion plate, from Le Petit Courrier des Dames
This hand-coloured fashion plate is from the Le Petit Courrier des Dames, a weekly fashion magazine published in Paris. The plates illustrates two day dresses and is dated 15 April, 1849. It is signed 'Mme Florensa de Closmenil'.
The woman on the left has a lace handkerchief in her hand. The seated woman is wearing a bonnet trimmed with purple flowers.
Madame de Closmenil was responsible for many fashion plates in Le Petit Courrier des Dames. She also produced plates for Le Journal des Demoiselles, La Mode and Le Bon Ton. She sometimes shortened her signature to 'Florensa'.
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| Online ID: |
000-100-087-201-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland H.RHI 24.41 |
| Date: |
1823 - 1861
1849
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| Material: |
Inscription: Modes de Paris
Paper. Inscription: Two day dresses ; Mme Florensa de Clomesnil
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| Dimensions: |
10.70" x 7.50" mounted
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| What: |
Document / plate, fashion
Plate, fashion
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| Subject: |
Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
Fashion plates
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| Who: |
Mme Florensa de Clomesnil
Petit Courrier des Dames
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| Where: |
France, Paris
France, Paris
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| Description: |
One of forty-nine fashion plates entitled Modes de Paris, from the Petit Courrier des Dames, 1823 - 1861
Fashion plate showing two day dresses, signed 'Mme Florensa de Clomesnil, from Petit Courrier des Dames, Paris, number 2427, 15 April, 1849
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| References: |
- Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, p 67.
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