Title	Receiving dresses
Subject	Clothing and dress Costume Fashion Fashion Plates Fashion Illustrations
Description	Two receiving dresses, both with wide necklines trimmed with lace, long sleeves with fitted lower portions, small waists, and long, full skirts. Left dress has a pleated bodice with lace trim, puffy upper sleeves, and a shawl. Right dress has fitted bodice, ruffled upper sleeves and 2 rows of ruffles above hem. Both have bonnets that frame the face and trimmed with lace, ribbons and flowers. (Published for Le Bon Ton by Manuel Godquin, New York)
Collector	Barton, Mary A., 1894-1976.
Creator	unknown
Date	1840
Collection	Fashion Illustration Collection, 1776-1979 (bulk 1804-1935); http://findingaids.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/arch/rgrp/21-7-9.html
Location	Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives; http://archives.lib.iastate.edu/
Call Number	RS 21/07/009
Format	Fashion illustration 16.5x25.4 cm
Format-Medium	Printed plates, with mechanized color added
Identifier	21-7-9.Barton.3-24-2
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Hardware/Software	Creo iQsmart3; Kodak oXYgen Scan
Image Manipulation	none
Date-Created	2004-08-30
Colorspace	RGB
Format-Type	Image
Resolution	375 Pixels Per Inch
Bits Per Sample	8 Bits Per Sample
File Size	887932 Bytes
Height	2262
Width	1500