'Parisian Ball Dress', April 1829 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
'Parisian Ball Dress', April 1829 NPG D47641
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published by Rudolph Ackermann, published in R. Ackermann's Repository of Fashions
Described in issue number 4 of the magazine:
Standing figure. A topaz coloured satin slip finished round the bottom of the skirt with a very broad rouleau of the same material, and stiffened so as to stand out considerably. The gown is of white blond lace, the ground covered with a running pattern in leaves, disposed in lozenges. Corsage tight to the shape, cut very low and square; a piece of the same material is let in and disposed in drapery folds across the bosom;... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










