Grand dinner dress, summer 1837 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Grand dinner dress, summer 1837 NPG D47722
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published in Le Follet, Courrier des Salons, Journal des Modes
Also published in The Lady's Magazine and Museum, July 1837 (where the dresses were changed to mourning and coloured black due to the recent death of King William IV) with a description:
Grand Dinner Dress. - Dress of poux de soie, ornamented at bottom with a deep flounce, headed by a narrow one. Corsage drapé, croisé, crossed in front, and in folds or gathers from the shoulder. Tight sleeves, with three full bouillons at top. Dress hat of paille de riz, ornamented with a... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










