Title	Fashions for April
Subject	Clothing and dress Costume Fashion Fashion Plates Fashion Illustrations
Description	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 wrist length, pleated undersleeves, and brooches pinned to waist; top right has a 'V' neckline with an attached lace capelet with center front bow and ruffle cuffed, 3/4 length sleeves; all top views have lace caps. Left coat dress is simple and fitted with a fold over collar; long, fitted sleeves, and a bonnet. The coat fits loosely over the body and is approximately knee-length with 3/4 sleeves, but the dress has long sleeves; worn with a lace and flower trimmed bonnet. (Published for The New Belle Assemblee: a Magazine for Literature and Fashion)
Collector	Barton, Mary A., 1894-1976.
Creator	unknown
Date	1848
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 15.2x24.1 cm
Format-Medium	Printed plates, with mechanized color added
Identifier	21-7-9.Barton.4-11-1
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Hardware/Software	Creo iQsmart3; Kodak oXYgen Scan
Image Manipulation	none
Date-Created	2004-09-10
Colorspace	RGB
Format-Type	Image
Resolution	375 Pixels Per Inch
Bits Per Sample	8 Bits Per Sample
File Size	1219694 Bytes
Height	2348
Width	1500