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Day and evening dresses

Day and evening dresses

Title

Day and evening dresses

Description

Three day and two evening dresses all with bustles and multiple flounced, ruffled, and tasseled overskirts gathered with bows and flowers several times to form trains. Day dresses have band collars, long sleeves with wide cuffs, fitted bodices, and two wear hats with flowers, birds and draped fabric. Evening dresses have wide rounded necklines, short sleeves, hair decorated with flowers and feathers, elbow length gloves. All dresses heavily embellished and all women's hair is piled high atop their heads. (published by Godey's Fashions)

Creator

unknown

Source

RS 21/07/009

Publisher

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

Date

1876
2004-09-22

Rights

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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; 29.2x22.9 cm
Printed plates, with mechanized color added

Type

Image

Identifier

21-7-9.Barton.8-8-1
https://digitalcollections.lib.iastate.edu/