Fashion plate, from La Mode

This hand-coloured fashion plate is from La Mode, a Parisian fashion magazine founded by Henri de Girardin in 1829 and in circulation until 1854. The plate illustrates two day dresses and is dated 2 June, 1838.

The plate was designed by Louis-Marie Lanté and engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine.

Born in 1789, Lanté was one of the best fashion plate designers, producing plates for Le Journal des Modes, La Mode, La Sylphide, Le Journal des Dames et des Modes, and Le Petit Modiste Francais.

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• Online ID: 000-100-087-210-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 25.1
• Date: 1832
  1832 - 1840
  1838
  
• Material: Paper. Inscription: Two day dresses. Designed by Louis-Marie Lante and engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine.
  Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Dimensions: 8.50" x 5.80"
  
• What: Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
  Fashion plates
  
• Who: Georges-Jacques Gatine
  La Mode
  Louis-Marie Lante
  
• Where: France, Paris
  
• Event:
• Description: One of three fashion plates from La Mode, showing women's wear, dated 1832 - 1840
  Fashion plate showing two day dresses, designed by Louis-Marie Lante and engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine, from La Mode, pl. 233, 2 June, 1832
  
• References:
  • Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, pp 69, 158-9. 
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