'Paris Dinner Dress', July 1836 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
'Paris Dinner Dress', July 1836 NPG D47682
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published by Joseph Robins, published in The Ladies' Pocket Magazine
Described in the magazine:
Embroidered muslin robe, the corsage made high, with a falling collar; the work of both is of a very light kind. The sleeves are bouffanted in a very novel stile from the shoulder to the wrist, with blond bands of embroidered muslin between the bouffants. An embroidery of a very rich but light pattern surmounts the hem of the skirt. Rice straw hat; a deep brim lined with pale pink crape, and trimmed next the face with blond and roses; perpendicular... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










