2 Ladies at a Ball

Name/Title

2 Ladies at a Ball

Entry/Object ID

2022.35.0609

Description

"Paris Fashions" Show two ladies at a ball. Standing one wears simple white dress with very low, straight décolletage with a crennelated bertha, very long pointed waist, skirt divided into panels by outlines of ribbon or the like with a few attached floral ornaments. Her companion wears a pale blue mantle with fringed he over a skirt with slit up from the hem spanned by tapes.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Boston Miscellany of Literature and Fashion

Date made

1842

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Number

Other Number

2019.014

Material

Paper