Fashion plate, from Corriere delle Dame

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This hand-coloured fashion plate is from the Italian fashion magazine, Corriere delle Dame, published in Milan. The plate features two women in day dresses and is dated 30 December, 1836.

One women is seated at a window in order that the back of her fur-trimmed dress can be seen. The standing woman carries a muff - a cylindrical covering of fur into which the hands are placed for warmth.

In this period the emphasis was on roundness of contour. The dresses and bonnets were cut in such a way as to accentuate this roundness. In the hairstyles, the plaits and curls (which were often false), were arranged to compliment the oval shape of the face.

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• Online ID: 000-100-087-225-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 29.1
• Date: 1836
  1836 - 1862
  
• Material: Inscription: Moda di Parigi
  Paper
  Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Dimensions: 8.90" x 5.70"
  
• What: Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
  Fashion plates
  
• Who: Corriere delle Dame
  
• Where: France, Paris [Parigi]
  Italy, Milan
  
• Event:
• Description: One of seven fashion plates from the Corriere delle Dame, headed Moda diParigi, showing women's wear, dated 1836 - 1862
  Fashion plate showing two women in day dresses trimmed with fur and wearing bonnets, one carrying a muff, from Corriere delle Dame, Milan, number 72, 30 December, 1836
  
• References:
  • Langley Moore, Doris. Fashion through Fashion Plates 1771-1970. London: Ward Lock Ltd, 1971, p 72. 
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