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Description: Image of two fashionably dressed ladies in long dresses with tiered or draped skirts and full sleeves wearing gloves and a ribboned hat and holding a fan and handkerchief; elaborate abstract botanical decorative motif.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1840-1865
Call number: priJLC_FASH_003731
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress.

Quarterly report of ladies' fashions. Spring 1878

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Image of an arid outdoor vignette featuring Butterick women's fashions, including a pond with swans and ducks; fashion details for women and girls include Princess dresses with cuirass bodices and smooth or draped skirts, gathers, tiers, ruffles, bows, lace, trains, fitted sleeves, coats, and tailored walking costumes; accessories include floral, feathered and ribbon hats and bonnets, veil, fans, boots, parasols, and gloves; reference key for figures numbered 1-23.

priJLC_FASH_001600

E. Butterick & Co's. quarterly report of New York fashions, for summer 1872. Principal office. 555 Broadway, New-York

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Image of an outdoor vignette featuring Butterick women's fashions, including a lake with swans and boating; fashion details for women and girls include tiered, bustled skirts with ruffles, bows, lace, and fringe, wide sleeves, fitted bodices with basques, jacket bodices, and draped or looped-up overskirts; accessories include floral and ribbon hats and bonnets, mantles, fans, boots, parasols, and gloves; reference key for figures numbered 1-20.

priJLC_FASH_001598

Quarterly report of ladies' fashions. Winter 1878 = '9

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Image of four panels featuring Butterick day and evening fashions for women and children with horse-drawn sleigh and furs in the background; fashion details include Princess dresses with cuirass bodices and smooth or draped skirts, gathers, tiers, ruffles, bows, pleats, trains, fitted sleeves, coats, tailored walking costumes, and child's sailor suit with breeches; accessories include floral, feathered and ribbon hats and bonnets, fans, boots, parasols, gloves, floral bouquets, and child's doll; reference key for figures numbered 1-24.

priJLC_FASH_001601

La mode illustrée bureaux du journal, 56, rue Jacob, Paris toilettes de Madame Fladry, 43. rue Richer

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Image of two women indoors featuring current dress fashions; fashion details include elaborate long dresses with bustled skirts, trains, ruffled tiered hems, gathers, draping, fitted princess bodices, lace and ribbon bow detailing; accessories include gloves, fans, and floral or pearl headdresses.

priJLC_FASH_002371

E. Butterick & Co's. quarterly report of New York fashions, for summer 1871. Principal office. 589 Broadway, New-York

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Image of an outdoor vignette featuring Butterick women's fashions, including a lake with swans, boating, horseback riding, a dog, and a baby carriage; fashion details for women and girls include tiered, bustled skirts with ruffles and fringe, wide sleeves, fitted bodices with basques, and apron detail; accessories include floral and ribbon hats and bonnets, lace, veil, boots, parasols, and gloves; reference key for figures numbered 1-22.

priJLC_FASH_001596

La mode illustrée bureaux du journal, 56. rue Jacob, Paris. Toilettes de Mme. Coussinet, rue Richer, 43

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Image of two women outdoors featuring current dress fashions; fashion details include long bustled skirts with gathered and draped overskirts, and fitted bodices with slim sleeves; accessories include gloves, parasols, and hats trimmed with feathers.

priJLC_FASH_002360

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