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. Dated 1836, it was engraved by Damours.

The outfit on the left consists of a frock coat, trousers and waistcoat all made out of different materials. By this time, it was no longer necessary to have a suit made out of the one fabric.

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: 000-100-087-171-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 24.11
• Date: 1823 - 1861
  1836
  
• Material: Inscription: Modes de Paris
  Paper. Inscription: Habit a collet etrevers doubles en soie. Redingote en draps d'une nuance nouvelle
  Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Dimensions: 8.90" 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 'habit a collet etrevers doubles en soie, redingote en draps d'une nuance nouvelle', from Petit Courrier des Dames, Paris, number 1235, 29 February, 1836
  
• References:
  • Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, p 64. 
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