'Walking dresses' for the Paris Public Promenade, December 1844 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
'Walking dresses' for the Paris Public Promenade, December 1844 NPG D47944
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published by George Henderson, published in The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance
Described in the magazine:
Walking Dresses - For the Paris Public Promenade. Levantine robe, the colour is that shade of olive called terre d'Alger[?], the corsage made tight to the shape, and quite high, is trimmed en revers with two bands of dark brown velvet placed at some distance from each other, forming a coeur, the centre of which is decorated with fancy silk trimming; long tight sleeve terminating in a rounded point, which partially covers the hand; it is bordered by a velvet band.... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










