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Fashion Plate
Published by: Mme. Demorest's Mirror of Fashions (American, 1866–1877)
American
1860s
Object Place: New York, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 31.8 x 22.9 cm (12 1/2 x 9 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Doris May
Accession Number2009.4519
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFashion plate of four women illustrating nineteenth century women's fashion. The woman on the far left, wearing a dress of gold with blue detailing, is seated at a chair and appears to be sewing. The two women in the middle (from left to right) wear white dresses with pink and purple detailling; the one towards the left, her back turned to the viewer, reads a letter and is wearing a purple dress. "Mme. Demorests Mirror of Fashions. / 473 Broadway NY"
ProvenanceBy about 2004, purchased by Susan Ward of Lexington, MA at an antique fair in Amherst, NH; purchased from Ward by Doris May of Chestnut Hill, MA; gift of May to the MFA (Accession date: September 16, 2009)