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Court dress, 1820
Court dress, 1820
TitleCourt dress, 1820
PublisherJohn Bell
Place of PublicationGreat Britain--London
Publication Date1820
Original SourceLa Belle assemblee, vol. 22, no. 138, (August 1820)
NotesCaption on image: Court Dress of Lady Worsley Holmes at the first Drawing Room of George IV. Invented by Mrs. Bell, 52 St. James's Street. Published August 1, 1820 for La Belle Assemblee No. 138 Published November 1, 1819

Text: It consists of a rich white satin slip, with a fancy petticoat over it embroidered with pearls, wheat-ears, blue chenille rosettes, and wreaths of the same. The petticoat finished at the border with a rouleau of blue gros-de-Naples, wreathed over with pearls. A robe train of blue gros-de-Naples lined throughout with white satin, trimmed all round with a rich French blond, and rouleau of gros-de-Naples entwined with pearls to correspond to the petticoat. The body of blue gros-de-Naples, tastefully ornamented with pearls and French blond. Head-dress a magnificent plume of ostrich feathers, bandeau of diamonds and blond court lappets.
TGM SubjectsDresses--Drawings
Hats--Drawings
Gloves--Drawings
Shawls--Drawings
Women--Clothing & dress
Historical PeriodGeorgian Style; Regency Style; Romantic Style
Digital CollectionFashion Plate Collection
Order NumberCOS044
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionFashion Plate Collection, SpecColl GT513 F37 1800
Object TypeFashion illustration
Print
Physical Descriptionengraving, hand-colored; 23 x 14.5 cm.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from an original engraving at 150 dpi in JPEG format and resized to 768x600 ppi. Saved at compression rate 3. 2002.
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