Description:
Partially hand-colored fashion engraving depicting two women in an interior setting, wearing the latest styles of dress and accessories. Each woman corresponds to descriptive text ("Fig. 172." and "Fig. 173.") not extant with the plate. "Published as the Act directs March 1st.1798, by N. Heideloff, at the Gallery of Fashion Office, No.90 Wardour Street." Fashion engravings, or plates, showed the latest styles of dress and accessories for women, men, and sometimes childres, Often originating in France, the plates stimluated consumption and the desire for novelty. French plates circulated to other countries in Europe, as well as England and America. Often these other countries (England, Italy, Germany) copied French fashion plates, publishing them months after the French originals appeared.
Subjects:
Watercolor painting Link to share this object record:
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