Gallery of Fashion: Fig. 181 – 183: Morning Dresses and Half-Dresses

Druckgrafik (allgemein)

„Fig. 181. Fig. 182. Fig. 183; Published as the Act directs June 1. 1798, by N. Heideloff at the Gallery of Fashion Office, No. 90, Wardour Street." Modedruck aus der Londoner Zeitschrift Gallery of Fashion. 1. Juni 1798. Morning Dresses and Half-Dresses. FIG. CLXXXI. The hair cropped and dressed in small curls; melon-ribbed hat of lilac and green silk, with a very large crown, trimmed round with a wreath of roses, and a bouquet in the front, tied under the chin with a white satin riband. Pet- ticoat of white muslin; robe of the same, short full sleeves, trimmed with lace, and tied in the middle with an embroidered lilac riband; the whole bordered with an embroidery of flowers, and tied in the front with lilac riband. High tucker of lace. Gold necklace and ear-rings. Lilac gloves and shoes. FIG. CLXXXII. Part of the front hair combed straight upon the forehead, and the rest dressed in small curls, divided by a bandeau of muslin, fastened in the front with two gold rings; the sides in curls, and the hind hair in a plain chignon. Gipsey pipe-straw hat, trimmed round the crown with white roses, and a bouquet in the front, tied under the chin with a broad white satin riband. Round gown of cambric, flounced with yellow crape in small Vandyke scollops, and headed with lace; short open sleeves, looped in three different parts with gold buttons; jacket skirts of lace, and trimming of lace round the neck and sleeves. Gold chain suspended under the chin. Jonquille- coloured gloves. Blue and white shoes. FIG. CLXXXIII. The hair cropped and dressed into a variety of curls. Caul of muslin, trimmed with a frill passing under the chin; a large artificial rose in the front. Round gown of muslin, embroidered in purple and in dice patterns, short close sleeves; Spencer, with epaulettes and laps in side-plaitings trimmed with lace. Pearl ear-rings. Long silk gloves. Yellow shoes.

Object Details

• Location: Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Inventory number: 14134335
• Measurements: Blattmaß: 28,5 x 22,3 cm
• Material/Technique: kolorierte Radierung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Herstellung
• (who): Nicolaus Innocentius Wilhelm Clemens van Heideloff (02.03.1837, Zeichner u. Herausgeber) ; William Bulmer (1757 - 9.9.1830, Drucker)
• (where): Herkunft (Allgemein): London
• (when): 1798

Further information

• Rights: Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Last update: 07.04.2025, 8:48 AM CEST