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










