published in Paris

Printed page, from La Mode Illustreé

This page is from La Mode Illustreé, a fashion magazine published in Paris. The page dates from 1873 and contains various advertisements, including ones for sewing machines and thread.

Various models of sewing machine are available from, 'WHIGHT & MANN, 143, HOLBORN BARS, LONDON E.C.' These include an 'EXCELSIOR FAMILY SEWING MACHINE' at six guineas and the 'ALBERTA' at five guineas.

The sewing machine, patented in 1846, was by 1870 able to cope with extremely complicated dressmaking methods. For the not so very rich, it was possible to piece together gowns composed of fragments of different materials.

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Online ID:	000-100-104-896-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 67.33 A
Date:	1873
Material:	Paper. Inscription: The Toilettes from La Mode Illustree
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What:	Document / plate, fashion
Subject:	Fashion plates
Who:	La Mode Illustree
Where:	France, Paris
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Description:	A separate sheet of description to accompany plate 33, headed 'the toilettes from La Mode Illustree', from La Mode Illustree, Paris, 1873
References:	Laver, James. Fashions and Fashion Plates 1800-1900. London & New York: Penguin Books Ltd, 1943, p 19. Tarrant, Naomi. The Development of Costume. London & New York. NMS & Routledge, 1994, p 122.
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