French Fashions, November 1829. 'Walking Dress. Carriage Dress' Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

French Fashions, November 1829. 'Walking Dress. Carriage Dress' NPG D47651

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by George Byrom Whittaker, published in La Belle Assemblée or Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine

Described in the magazine:
Walking Dress. A pelisse of gros de Naples, of a violet colour, fastening down the skirt by rosettes; in the centre of each of the rosettes a gold button. The body of the pelisse turns back in front of the bust, en lapelles, and discovers a chemisette of plaited lawn, fastening down the front, like a gentleman's shirt, with gold buttons: this is surmounted by a ruff of lace, under which is tied a sautoir of brocaded silk. The sleeves are... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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