Fashion plate, from The Queen

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This hand-coloured fashion plate is from The Queen, a monthly magazine published in London. The plate illustrates an outdoor day dress and an evening dress for women and a dress for a young girl. It is dated 4 October, 1879.

The fashion at this time was for solid, stiff textiles. Instead of soft flounces, there were knife pleats. Bows and sashes had a deliberately flattened appearance.

First published in 1861, The Queen continued to issue hand-coloured plates until 1898, when it switched to full colour printing done by Waterlow in England.

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• Online ID: 000-100-087-690-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 87.9
• Date: 1877 - 1894
  1879
  
• Material: Plate, fashion
  
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• What: Plate, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
  
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• Description: One of thirty-three fashion plates from The Queen, showing women's and children's wear, dated 1877 - 1894
  
• References:
  • Langley Moore, Doris. Fashion through Fashion Plates 1771-1970. London: Ward Lock Ltd, 1971, pp 19 & 112. 
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