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Lady's Monthly Museum, April 1802

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Lady's Monthly Museum (1802)

This issue claims to have two coloured plates, but my copy has been "stripped" (the plates removed to sell individually). The original description of the plates is on page 277 and reads as follows.

Cabinet of Fashion,

WITH ELEGANT COLOURED PLATES.

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WALKING DRESS.

1. A black chip hat, with black ostrich feathers and ribands; a scarlet kerseymere pelise, and bearskin tippet.
The hair, in general, short on the forehead, and parted.

FULL DRESSES.

2. A lace cap, with a gold band and wreath. A blue sarcenet dress, with lace ruff; and gold or diamond necklace.

3. A bonnet of black velvet and yellow satin, trimmed with black lace, a yellow and black feather. The dress white, with an outer robe of yellow muslin or sarcenet.

WALKING DRESS.

4. A hat of purple velvet, trimmed with purple feathers and ribands. A pelise of purple velvet, with a lace ruff.

FULL DRESSES.

5. A hat of black velvet, or the crown white satin, turned up with black velvet; on the front a gold embossed star with ostrich feathers. The dress pink muslin, with an outer robe of white: the whole trimmed with gold.

6. A head-dress of white satin, with a wreath of white muslin in front; and blue and white short ostrich feathers, trimmed with gold cord and tassels. The dress white, with a border of lace on the sleeves. A robe of blue sarcenet, trimmed with a fringe of white feathers; and gold sliders on the breast and shoulders.


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