3-086-008 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Ladies' Page: a graceful cloth Princesse gown, 1898. 'Among new materials - and their name and quality is more than ever legion - Egerton Burnett's box of patterns contains a whole series of inexpensive and pleasing surprises in stuffs...This graceful gown illustrated is, for instance, made of an Egerton Burnett cigar-brown cloth. Pale blue gathered chiffon covers revers, which enclose a softly folded vest of écru net appliqué, with white Chantilly over white taffetas. The design on skirt and bodice is carried out in black silk braid and embroidery. The bonnet, of black tulle and miroir velvet, has curled ospreys and pink roses to enliven it'. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.