'Home Costume invented by Miss Pierpoint', October 1827 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
'Home Costume invented by Miss Pierpoint', October 1827 NPG D47591
© National Portrait Gallery, London
probably by William Hopwood, published by S. Robinson, published in The Lady's Magazine
Described in the magazine:
A dress of canary-yellow taffeta, made high, and en blouse, with long, full sleeves of a thinner texture, either of crape, or Italian net, surmounted by a plain mancheron, of the same material as the dress. The throat encircled by a full, triple ruff of lace. A turban-cap of blond and tulle, with a very broad border, turned up on the left side, with a large bow of pink riband. Fancy flowers, of a delicate and simple kind, are placed between... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










