Walking Dress and Blue Evening Dress

Name/Title

Walking Dress and Blue Evening Dress

Entry/Object ID

2022.35.0168

Description

Lady leaning on a ledge wears a white dress with embroidered scalloped hem, perhaps gray spencer with bulky sleeves and unusual pointed-tab collar and cuffs. Flaring high brim bonnet with foliage and sculptural forms. Lady seated in Grecian chair wears blue evening dress with impossibly high waist, wide straight neckline and heavy white tulle or the like formed into rows of puffs at the bottom. Small fan and top hat with fluffy plumes in front.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Moden Z, Plate No. 13

Date made

1818

Notes

Technique: Hand Colored

Lexicon

Search Terms

print, fashion plate, walking dress, evening dress

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Number

Other Number

2000.076.28

Material

Paper, Print