'Parisian Evening Dress', May 1829 Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Parisian Evening Dress', May 1829 NPG D47643

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by Rudolph Ackermann, published in R. Ackermann's Repository of Fashions

Described in issue number 5 of the magazine:
Standing figure. A dress of crepe Aeriènne, of a delicate lilac colour, over an under dress of rich lilac satin. The corsage is cut square and exceedingly low; it is tight to the shape, and finished round the top of the bust with a trimming of pearls; there are three rows disposed in festoons by butterflies of gold fillagree work, from each of which an ornament of the shape of a pear is pendant. Short sleeves of... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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