'Breakfast & Dinner Dresses', September 1835 Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Breakfast & Dinner Dresses', September 1835 NPG D47674

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by S.S.G., published by Edward Churton, published in The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblée

Described in the magazine:
Breakfast Dress. Peignoir of mousseline d'Alger. Trimming of full riband, the colours to correspond, which finishes the cape and front. A ruff of blonde lace goes round the throat. Bonnets of paille de riz, with a bird of Paradise.
The Dinner Dress. Is composed of a brocaded silk, the ground of which is white, with a small rich pattern of green and lilac, slightly interspersed with gold colour. The corsage drapé, epaulettes and chemisette of blond lace. Long sleeves of soft... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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