Featured Plates: 1802-04 LMM
Pair of fashion plates from the April 1802 issue of the Lady's Monthly Museum, unsigned. Descriptions from page 277.
Wirgman, Dress Maker, Hanover Street, Hanover Square
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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 neck-lace.
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.
Payne, Milliner, Old Bond Street.
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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.