Printed page, from La Mode Illustreé

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This page is from La Mode Illustreé, a fashion magazine published in Paris. The page accompanies a fashion plate for fancy dress outfits and gives detailed descriptions in English of the three outfits illustrated. It dates from 1874.

At the top of the page it states that, 'Any of these Designs may be procured of Miss RYAN, Paper Pattern Modeller, 24, Margaret Street, Regent Street, London. W.'

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: 000-100-104-898-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 67.38 A
• Date: 1874
  
• Material: Paper. Inscription: The Toilettes from La Mode Illustree ; Eider Down Corsets
  Document / plate, fashion
  
• Dimensions: 14.40" x 10.40"
  
• What: Document / plate, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates
  
• Who: La Mode Illustree
  
• Where: France, Paris
  
• Event:
• Description: A separate sheet of description in English to accompany plate 38, headed 'the toilettes from La Mode Illustree', from La Mode Illustree, Paris, 1874
  
• 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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