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Fashion Plate
Published by: Mme. Demorest's Mirror of Fashions (American, 1866–1877)
American
1865
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 Number2009.4525
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFashion plate illustrating nineteenth-century women's fashion. Five women wearing (from left to right) light blue dress with teal trim, purple dress with diagonal stripe detailing, teal dress, pink dress with scalloped detailing, and pale blue dress with high, white collar. The woman on the far right holds a vibrant pink sash from the dress of a small girl, who stands beside her. "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)