2-913-683 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Paris Fashions for September, 1854. 'Robe de taffetas rose, with three flounces embroidered on tulle rose. The embroidery is a point de chainette; the rounded pinkings are embroidered the same. The basques are also ornamented with pinkings, between each of which is placed a knot of ribbon. The front of the corsage is likewise set off with two or three bows of the same, which join a plaited ribbon passing along the edge. The Sleeves have likewise three flounces pinked, and worked like those of the skirt, as have also the lace sleeves, fichu, and cap...Country Bonnet en paille d'ltalie, with a single ribbon knotted flat upon the calotte...Blue taffetas robe, with large white stripes, strewn with bouquets... Jackets or Frock coats of drill, or Marseilles, with large mother-of-pearl buttons'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.