Title

Paris Fashions for December, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Paris Fashions for December, 1854. 'White striped velvet bonnets, trimmed with blonde; a folded plume; the upper part of the head ornamented with blue flowers. Mantelet en peau d'agneau grey, with bands of black velvet, sleeves of Marte Zibeline; Robe de velours a pentes, blue ground, with black velvet flowers. Boots with the toes of varnished leather, and the upper part of kid, buttoned over the instep. Bonnet en gros de tour, violet, with the under part white; mantelet of black velvet, trimmed with marten fur. Robe de reps, with large patterns in satin lines, colour on colour. Muslin sleeves, fastened at the wrists with a manchette turned back, and worked at the edge. The collar is disposed in the same way, and the shape of the body of the robe mounted very high and fastened exactly at the neck. The basques are still worn'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM22B07_445

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21,9Mb (1,9Mb) / 8,4in x 10,1in / 2513 x 3044 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people hat fashion country French France fur clothes British bonnet dress location Victorian century textiles Britain coat fabric newspapers press cloth clothing accessory accessories textile fashionable bonnets APPAREL B&W full length full-length velvet 19th century black & white black and white B W muff nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN newspaper engraving Unknown 19th-century clothing & dress fashion & clothing