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Ball Dress, October 1827, Plate 22, Vol. X

Print

Fashion plate depicting a woman in a white ball dress with short, puffed sleeves, a wide, ruffled neckline, and pale yellow ribbon trim. The date is written in pencil at the bottom of the page.

2022.35.0528

Colored Engraving

Paper

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Fashion Plate

Historic Costume

Ackermann's Repository of Arts

1827

19th Century

Early 19th Century

Plate 22, Vol. X / Ball Dress. / 1827 / No. 58 of R. ACKERMANN'S REPOSITORY of ARTS & Pub. Octr. 1827

English

Other Number

2010.073.29

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