'Walking dresses', December 1845 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
'Walking dresses', December 1845 NPG D47952
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published by George Henderson, published in The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance
Described in the magazine:
No. 9. Walking Dress. Dark drab-coloured merino robe, a high corsage, and sleeve a three-quarter length over full ones of cambric. Black satin pelisse, a high corsage, fitting closely, and skirt of a three-quarter length, a little open at the bottom; falling collar. A band of passementerie, upon which large silk buttons are laid, goes down each side of the front. The sleeve is a three-quarter length, and tight, except at the bottom. Blue velvet chapeau, a small round shape, trimmed... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










