French Fashions, August 1829. 'Morning Dress. Public Promenade Dress' Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

French Fashions, August 1829. 'Morning Dress. Public Promenade Dress' NPG D47649

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by Rudolph Ackermann, published in R. Ackermann's Repository of Fashions

Also published in La Belle Assemblée on 1 August 1829 with a different description. Described in issue number 8 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Fashions:
Morning Dress. A gown of rose-colour cot-pali, corsage carrée cut very low round the bust, and to fasten behind. Short and very full sleeve. The skirt is finished by a hem that reaches to the knee, and is surmounted by two rouleaux of gros de Naples, a shade darker than the dress. Fichu of white lace, fastened behind, and embroidered... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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