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