2 ladies in white dresses, big red trimmed hat, Pet squirrel
Object/Artifact
One wears a dinner dress perhaps, white with 3 elaborate rows of dagged frills above the hem, similar across wide neckline and short puffed sleeves. Blue ribbon ornament draped from shoulder, beneath matching belt where it crosses to form an X reaching to the shins. Blue trimmed hat with plumes. The other wears a white walking dress with a high neck, round collar and chevron layers across bodice. Leg o mutton sleeves with mancherons, diagonal embroideries and frills at lower skirt; big red-trimmed hat, and a squirrel on her wrist.
2022.35.0437
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Journal des Dames et des Modes
1826
1825. Costumes Parisiens. (25)
Old Number
2008.064.17
Paper