Dinner or opera dress and home morning dress, 1839 Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Dinner or opera dress and home morning dress, 1839 NPG D47757

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published in The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine and Museum

Dinner or Opera Dress - Sitting Figure - Dress of white gros de Naples embroidered at bottom in a rich pattern done in floss silk. Corsage à pointe with full blonde draperies put on à la Sévigné; the corsage fits quite tight to the bust. The sleeves are tight at top and full the remainder of the way down; two bouillons of blonde divide the plain from the full part of the sleeve; these are ornamented in front with bows of coloured ribbon. Coiffure à... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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