2-913-794 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Paris Fashions for October, 1854. 'Sarcenet Bonnet, with a feather, the inside trimmed with flowers; collar embroidered in satin-stitch, with long points. There is a great tendency to exaggerate the size of the collars, which should be avoided. Dress of chestnut-colour sarcenet, with three flounces, ornamented with a velvet pattern, woven in the silk; it follows the points of the flounces; in each point there is a small velvet bouquet. We have seen another dress with this little bouquet in coloured silk as well as the pattern which borders the flounces; the sleeves, opened at the inside seam, are formed with points similar to the flounces, and have the same border under-sleeves, in muslin'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.