'Parisian Evening Dress', May 1829 Greetings Card
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.










