Featured Plate: 1866-09 GLB
Colour fashion plate from Godey's Lady's Book for September of 1866. My copy has gone a bit crispy over time, has definitely yellowed and I think something was spilled on it.
Description of Steel Fashion Plate for September
Fig. 1. — Dress of India muslin, delicately embroidered and finished with a worked ruffle. Above the ruffle is a puffing of muslin strapped with bands of violet ribbon. The corsage is made with very little fulness, and striped with violet ribbon. The sleeves are of the coat form, quite close at the wrist, and embroidered. The bonnet is a fancy Pamela, with flat crown made of violet crêpe, trimmed with narrow barbes of black lace.
Fig. 2. — Promenade suit of pearl-colored crêpe cloth. The skirt is edged with a band of blue silk, edged with a fancy black braid laid on in scallops. A large jet bead is sewed in the hollow of each scallop. Paletôt of the same material as the dress, cut in the Louis XV. style, to represent a waistcoat in front. It is loose in the back, though shaped slightly to the figure, and has large square pockets on each side. The trimming consists of bands of blue silk, fancy black braid, and jet beads. The bonnet is of rice straw, trimmed with large gilt balls and a tuft of peacock's feathers. The inside trimmings are of blue velvet.
Fig. 3. — Child's dress of striped black and white alpaca, richly ornamented with rose-colored cashmere, edged with a fancy black gimp. The paletôt is tight-fitting, trimmed to match the dress, and finished with a hood. Chip hat, bound with rose-color, and trimmed with a white feather.
Fig. 4. — Evening costume of white silk, finished with a narrow black lace flounce carried up on the left side. The head of the flounce consists of a puffing of white crêpe and large pink roses. The overskirt with corsage is made of buff silk, richly ornamented with black lace and large crystal beads. A long sash of black lace is looped at the back of the dress. The under waist is of white silk, trimmed with folds of white crêpe. A dog collar necklace of black velvet is worn round the neck tied at the back in a beau-catcher. The hair is dressed with strings of crystal beads.
Fig. 5. — Dress of rich green silk, made with a sleeveless jacket, richly trimmed with gimp ornaments. The wrap is a white mohair lace burnous, finished with fleecy tassels. Lamballe hat of embroidered straw, edged with a crystal fringe, and tied down with a white lace sash.
Fig. 6. — Watering-place costume. Dress of white alpaca, ornamented with scarlet ribbons, sewed on in diamonds and caught by velvet buttous. The corsage is high and tight-fitting, with bunches of scarlet ribbons on each shoulder. The overdress is of the Princesse style, with corselet. The material is a very thick barége, with heavy scarlet satin stripe. It is edged with bands of scarlet velvet and a black lace. The hat is of gray straw, trimmed with scarlet velvet and a white feather.
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1866-09 GLB01
