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Allgemeine Modenzeitung, December 1858

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Fashion plate depicting six men and a woman. The first man, viewed from the back, is wearing a black frock coat and brown pantaloons. The second man is wearing a brown frock coat and black bowtie. The third man is wearing a black frock coat, blue waistcoat, and pale-blue pantaloons with a black band down the side of the leg. Around his neck, a purple plastron cravat. The fourth man is wearing a brown frock coat, red waistcoat, and black striped pantaloons. Around his neck, a blue bowtie. The fifth man is wearing a black rock coat and grey, diagonally striped trousers. Around his neck, a green plastron cravat. The woman is wearing a green dress with wide horizontal stripes under a brown mantle with black tabs down the center front and around the cuffs. On her head, a lingerie cap with pink ribbons. The sixth man is wearing a brown overcoat and brown pantaloons. Around his neck, a red plastron cravat. All six men are wearing black top hats.

2022.35.0577

Colored Engraving

Paper

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Fashion Plate

Historic Costume

Allgemeine Moden-Zeitung

1858

19th Century

Mid 19th Century

December 1858. Allgemeine Modenzeitung.

German

Old Number

2011.042.30

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