Title

Paris Fashions for July - Morning Dress, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Paris Fashions for July - Morning Dress, 1850. 'Alençon lace cap, ornamented on the side with bows of ribbon with long ends. Pardessus, ornamented with two flounces, the head of the upper flounce having a ruche a la vieille. Manches engageantes, trimmed with a treble row of Alençon lace. Children's nankeen dresses are embroidered in braid of the same colour, coming down to the legs; the sleeves embroidered to match, with plain muslin under-sleeves. The short trousers of cambric muslin are trimmed with English embroidery. Gentlemen wear small frock-coats of ladies' cloth, short skirts, long waist, manteau Amelie d'eveque, violet and English blue colours.' From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM22A35_017

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46,7Mb (2,8Mb) / 16,5in x 11,0in / 4960 x 3290 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people male child children man men family fashion father country French France fatherhood Paris guy British mother dress motherhood location Victorian century Britain parenting newspapers press dad APPAREL B&W Parisian engraved engraving mum 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News Paris fashions ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century