'Carriage and evening dresses', March 1845 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
'Carriage and evening dresses', March 1845 NPG D47958
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Davey, published by George Henderson, published in The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance
Carriage Dress. Lavender moire robe amazone, the corsage made in the habit style, displays a little of a high cambric chemisette; it is trimmed with a velvet lappel. Long sleeve arched at the hand, and trimmed with velvet, as is also the mancheron. Cambric under sleeve and lace ruffle. The front of the skirt is decorated with velvet robings. Pink satin chapeau, a shallow but large brim, the interior trimmed on each side with a full blown rose, the exterior with a wreath of tètes... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










