2-798-427 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Fashions for September, 1844. Left: 'An evening dress of embroidered white organdy, trimmed with pink satin bows and sash. A lace cap, trimmed with purple satin ribbons'. Right: 'A promenade dress, composed of chequed camelion silk, trimmed with a corkscrew of satin ribbon, with a pink satin sash. Hat composed of paille de riz, and satin ribbon placed alternately, and ornamented with lace and flowers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.