'Modes de Paris', 1837 Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Modes de Paris', 1837 NPG D47720

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published in Petit Courrier des Dames, Journal des Modes

Petit Courrier des Dames, Journal des Modes (Paris), of the numerous ladies' magazines founded in Paris after the Napoleonic Wars, was one of the most successful, largely devoted to dress for women. It appeared every 5 days with one or two high-quality fashion plates in each issue headed 'Modes de Paris', illustrating specific garments and accessories above the names and addresses of the Paris dressmakers, hairdressers, florists and jewellers where they could be purchased. Details of the Brussels, Amsterdam and London offices were included on... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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