'The Fashions'. Walking dress, November 1861 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
'The Fashions'. Walking dress, November 1861 NPG D47992
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published by Samuel Orchart Beeton, published in The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, first published in Le Moniteur de la Mode
Described in the magazine:
1st Figure on the left side. - The bonnet is composed of white satin, trimmed with black velvet and black and white blonde, and a bunch of flowers on each side. The mantle, which is made in a shawl shape, is composed of velvet, and trimmed with black guipure. The top of the mantle is finished off by a guipure pelerine, which is fastened behind and on the shoulders by handsome gimp rosettes with three tassels. The large sleeve, which comes... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










