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Fashion plate, from Le Petit Courrier des Dames

This hand-coloured fashion plate is from a scrap album containing a selection of 19th century plates. The plate is from Le Petit Courrier des Dames, a weekly fashion magazine published in Paris. Dated 10 December, 1840, it illustrates a woman's velvet mantle.

A mantle is a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape. This long, ermine-trimmed example is shown from the front and back, in two different colours. The outfit includes a matching ermine muff - a cylindrical covering of fur into which the hands were placed for warmth.

Among the artists who contributed to this magazine were E Préval, A de Taverne, Laure Noël and Hervy. These artists all drew for a series of magazines which had their editorial offices at No 1 Boulevard des Italiens, Paris.

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Online ID:	000-100-104-874-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 154.28
Date:	1840
Material:	Paper
Dimensions:	14.80" x 10.00"
What:	Document / plate, fashion
Subject:	Fashion plates
Who:	Petit Courrier des Dames
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Description:	Fashion plate showing a woman in a long ermine trimmed velvet mantle with muff and bonnet, from Petit Courrier des Dames, 10 December 1840
References:	Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, p 67.
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