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Fashion Plate
Published by: Mme. Demorest's Mirror of Fashions (American, 1866–1877)
American
1867
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 Number2009.4535
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFashion plate illustrating nineteenth century women's fashion. Four women in a drawing room; one, wearing a light purple dress, sings while another, wearing a white dress with ruffled sleeves and detailing in purple ribbon, plays the piano. A child, wearing a black outfit with cobalt blue trim, stands on a chair in the far left of the composition. "Mme. Demorest's Mirror of Fashions."
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)