Fashion plate, from Le Journal des Dames et des Modes

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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: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 21.37
• Date: 1824
  
• Material: Paper. Inscription: Day dress. 'Chapeau de paille d'Italie. Blouse de jaconat'.
  Document / plate, fashion
  
• 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
  
• Event:
• 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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