French Fashions, July 1829. 'Public Promenade Dress. Walking Costume' Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

French Fashions, July 1829. 'Public Promenade Dress. Walking Costume' NPG D47647

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by Rudolph Ackermann, published in R. Ackermann's Repository of Fashions

Also published in La Belle Assemblée on 1 July 1829 with a different description. Described in issue number 7 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Fashions:
Public Promenade Dress. A jaconot muslin round dress; the corsage is made up to the throat, and disposed in deep longitudinal plaits, long sleeve of rather more than the usual width. The skirt is ornamented with two deep tucks, each surmounted by embroidery. A sultana of rose coloured gros de Tours, figured with black, is worn over this dress. The... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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