Autumn dresses, October 1840 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Autumn dresses, October 1840 NPG D47865
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published by Dobbs & Co, published in The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine and Museum, first published in Le Follet, Courrier des Salons, Journal des Modes
Described in the magazine:
We present our readers with two of the newest and most fashionable autumn dresses. The dress of the standing figure is of lavender silk, the corsage made up to the throat, and to fit the bust as closely as it is possible. Manches Amadis, (Amadis sleeves) these it will be perceived are cut with two seams, like the sleeves of a man's coat, and are sloped out according to the exact shape of the arm, the elbow fitting precisely. They are... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










