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3 Women, Man in Floral Robe, Heads
Object/Artifact
First in white ball gown with rose decorations, second in dinner dress with floral print and fur trim, huge hat with pink plumes. Third in green dress with black 'lapel' revealing a frilled chemisette, long sleeves, huge lingerie cap with pink ribbons, and a long, narrow lozenge patterned red and green stole. Man of affairs with hand on baize covered table, wearing a dressing gown of white with pink flowers on it, lined in pink, over dark pink waistcoat and black pantaloons, lacy stockings and slippers. 2 drawings of a coiffure and cap, and colored one of a formal coiffure.
2022.35.0178
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Allgemeine Moden-Zeitung
1830
Early 19th Century
Technique: Hand Colored
Moden Z. 1830. Lohse sc. No. 1
German
fashion plate
dressing gown
bonnet
dress
Old Number
2000.076.38
Paper