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Fashion plate, from Le Journal des Dames et des Modes

This hand-coloured fashion plate is from Le Journal des Dames et des Modes, a ladies' magazine published in Paris. Dating from 1824, the plate illustrates a day dress from a series entitled, 'Costume Parisien'.

The dress is of jaconet - a thin cotton fabric like muslin. The hat is of Italian straw. The dress waistline has reverted back to its more natural position after the high-waisted classical line of the previous twenty years.

The size of the fashion plate was determined by the size of the magazine in which it appeared. The smaller, octavo-sized (23 cm x 15 cm) magazines from this time were often bound in volumes thus making it possible for the fashion plates to survive.

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Online ID:	000-100-104-789-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.RHI 21.37
Date:	1824
Material:	Paper. Inscription: Day dress. 'Chapeau de paille d'Italie. Blouse de jaconat'.
Dimensions:	8.10" x 4.70" mounted
What:	Document / plate, fashion
Subject:	Fashion plates
Who:	Le Journal des Dames et des Modes
Where:	France, Paris
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Description:	Fashion plate showing a day dress 'chapeau de paille d'Italie, blouse de jaconat', from Le Journal des Dames et des Modes, number 2258, 1824
References:	Blum, Stella, (ed). Ackermann's Costume Plates, Women's Fashions in England, 1818-1828. New York: Dover Publications, 1978. p 89. Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, p 172.
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