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Day dresses

Day dresses

Title

Day dresses

Description

Two day dresses and a girl's dress. The day dresses both have full skirts and are worn with bonnets elaborately decorated with feathers, lace and ribbons. Left dress seen from back shows a fitted wrap with fringe on the upper portion and layered flounces below the waistline. The right dress has a jewel neckline, lace collar, a fitted bodice; long, pagoda sleeves, a fringed shawl, and a full skirt with 3 flounces. The young girl is wearing a two-piece ensemble with decorative zigzagging, 3/4 length sleeves over a long sleeved blouse with a lace collar, a full skirt, and pantalets. (published for La Belle Assemblee)

Creator

unknown

Source

RS 21/07/009

Publisher

Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html

Date

1856
2004-08-30

Rights

U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. For permission to use the digital image, please contact Iowa State University Library Special Collections at archives@iastate.edu For reproductions see: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/services/photfees.html

Relation

Fashion Illustration Collection, 1776-1979 (bulk 1804-1935); http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/arch/rgrp/21-7-9.html

Format

Fashion illustration; 20.3x22.9 cm
Printed plates, with mechanized color added

Type

Image

Identifier

21-7-9.Barton.4-47-1
https://digitalcollections.lib.iastate.edu/