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Autumnal Carriage Pelisse (also known as the redingote) and Bonnet, showing the influence of India in the shawl design and headwear (paisley), the Betsy collar (Elizabethan revival ruffle), and the high waist (published for La Belle Assemblee by...
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Fashions for March, showing lace 2 full dresses and 3 partial views. Both dresses have fitted bodices, narrow waistlines; long, full skirts, and lace caps. Left dress has an attached lace wrap tied in front and lace edged 3/4 length sleeves; Right...
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Fashions for December, showing 3 semi-fitted capes with scalloped or ruffled edges and 2 dresses both with jewel necklines; long, fitted sleeves with lace trimmed undersleeves, narrow waistlines, full skirts and lace caps. The caped women also have...
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Fashions for April, illustrating a loose fitting coat and 4 dresses all with fitted bodices and full skirts. Top left dress has jewel neckline, 3/4 length, ruffle cuffed sleeves, and net mitts; top center has a jewel neckline, 3/4 oversleeves with...
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French Carriage Dress, showing the importance of the pelisse (or redingote) and the Betsy collar (Elizabethan revival ruffle) (published for La Belle Assemblee)
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Evening Dress, with tight and square bodice, short and fitted sleeves, decorated with piping. The dress is cinched at the waist and has a small flounce in the back. The lady is wearing a Grecian head piece, wearing gloves, and carrying a small...
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Walking Dress, illustrating the Spencer jacket, the Betsy collar (Elizabethan revival ruffle), oversized muff, the emphasis on the lower hem decoration, and the cut-out sleeve with fur applique (matching the muff) (published for La Belle Assemblee...
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French Dinner Party Dress, showing the high waist, bonnet framing the face, the emphasis of decoration on the lower hem, and the 2 part sleeve (marmeluke/leg-of-mutton) (published for La Belle Assemblee)
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Evening Dress, illustrating widening shoulders with a decorated bodice, descending waistline marked by ribbon or cummerbund, the emphasis of decoration on the lower hem, with gloves and purse (published for La Belle Assemblee)
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Walking Dress, illustrating the use of plaid in cotton/silk fabrics, a higher neckline, shirred bodice, the dropping waist emphasized by a belt, and the emphasis of decoration on the lower hem (published for La Belle Assemblee)
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Morning Walking Dress, illustrating the Betsy collar (Elizabethan revival ruffle),headwear, shoes, redingote and muff (published for La Belle Assemblee by Mrs. Bell)
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Afternoon Home Dress, demonstrating the increasing importance of receiving visitors in the home. The dress has widening and ruffled shoulders with decoration at the end of the sleeve, the bodice is trimmed with decoration, and there is an emphasis...
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Carriage Dress and Dinner Party Dress, illustrating hemmed short and loose leg-of-mutton sleeves with widening shoulders overall, the waist emphasized by a belt (one with an animal design), lace shawls, geometric decoration towards the hem, gloves,...
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Morning Promenade Dress and Summer Walking Costume, illustrating elaborate ruffled collars and leg-of-mutton sleeves with widening shoulders overall, a highly decorated bodice with lace cutouts, the waist emphasized by ribbons tied in bows or belt,...
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Public Concert Dress and Dinner Dress, showing the following: leg-of-mutton sheer sleeves with widening shoulders overall, a highly decorated shirred bodice with decorate ribbon and exposing the neck and upper chest, the waist emphasized by a belt,...
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Opera Dress and Private Concert Dress, illustrating cuffed short sleeves (edged with lace), shirred bodices, an emphasis on the waist, elaborate trims, elaborate coiffures and hats, decorated with feathers, ribbons, flowers, and beading (published...
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Carriage Dress and Walking Dress, illustrating fur pelerine (shaped shoulder scarf), leg-of-mutton sleeves with widening shoulders overall and cuffed wrists, hats decorated with ribbons, lace, and bows, and continuing the emphasis on the waist...
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Walking Dress, showing a redingote (or pelisse), with marmaluke sleeve (widening shoulders), the Betsy collar (Elizabethan revival ruffle), the emphasis on the waist with a belt, decoration at the ends of the sleeves, the emphasis of decoration on...
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Evening Dress and Dinner Dress, demonstrating widened shoulders and lower necklines, with a sheer shirred bodice and decorative suspender overlay of fabric. Sleeves are puffed leg-of-mutton, somewhat see-through and sheer and cuffed wrists. The...
