Fashion plate, from Le Petit Courrier des Dames

This hand-coloured fashion plate is from Le Petit Courrier des Dames, a weekly fashion magazine published in Paris. The plate is one of a series entitled, 'Modes de Paris' and illustrates menswear. Engraved by Damours, it is dated 31 July, 1834.

The men are dressed in frock coats and trousers. The coats are fitted at the waist and have high collars with rolled-back lapels. The neck-cloth completely covers the neck and was the ancestor of the modern neck-tie.

Le Petit Courrier des Dames (1822-65) included one or two fashion plates with each weekly issue. The plates are not usually signed but the styles of the better known artists are easily recognisable and identified.

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• Online ID: 000-100-087-168-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 24.8
• Date: 1823 - 1861
  1834
  
• Material: Inscription: Modes de Paris
  Paper. Inscription: Costume de Cavalier
  Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Dimensions: 9.00" x 5.50"
  
• What: Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
  Fashion plates
  
• Who: Damours (Engraver)
  Petit Courrier des Dames
  
• Where: France, Paris
  France, Paris
  
• Event:
• Description: One of forty-nine fashion plates entitled Modes de Paris, from the Petit Courrier des Dames, 1823 - 1861
  Fashion plate showing men's wear 'costume de cavalier', engraved by Damours, from Petit Courrier des Dames, Paris, number 1082, 31 July, 1834
  
• References:
  • Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, p 64. 
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