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 is from a series entitled, 'Moda di Parigi' and is signed, 'Gandini'. It illustrates two women in evening dress and is dated 1 March, 1862.

The woman on the right is wearing a mantle - a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.

In the 1860s, skirts reached their maximum width, making dresses expensive because of the increased material used and time taken to make them up. The artificial hooped cage or crinoline (introduced in 1856), helped support the huge skirts.

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• Online ID: 000-100-087-231-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 29.7
• Date: 1836 - 1862
  1862
  
• Material: Inscription: Moda di Parigi
  Paper. Inscription: Gandini
  Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Dimensions: 10.80" x 7.60"
  
• What: Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
  Fashion plates
  
• Who: Corriere delle Dame
  Gandini
  
• 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 wearing evening dress, one also wearing a hooded mantle, signed 'Gandini', from Corriere delle Dame, Milan, number 9, 1 March, 1862
  
• References:
  • Langley Moore, Doris. Fashion through Fashion Plates 1771-1970. London: Ward Lock Ltd, 1971, p 84. 
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