3-086-310 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Ladies' Page: a dainty house-dress, 1898. '...an appreciation of the merits of house-dresses, which wax very smart this season, and seem on the way to supersede the tea- gowns of our somewhat tired-out affections. These elaborate garments dedicated to the easy afternoon have, besides, an "ageing" effect to which the neatly belted house-gown never descends, and are on that account more suited to girls and smart young matrons. The sketch shows a dainty version in soft ivory mousseline-de-soie made over silk of the same tone. An apron arrangement of pale peach-coloured silk embroidered in net and silver sequins giving it an original and highly becoming set-off. A sash of the same silk with ends embroidered to match is the crux of a charming home dress'. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.