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Fashion Plate
Published by: Mme. Demorest's Mirror of Fashions (American, 1866–1877)
American
1869
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 Number2009.4553
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFashion plate illustrating nineteenth century women's fashion. Two women turn their heads to look over the patio at an aquatic scene. The woman on the left wears a heavy black dress and ornate hat, while the woman on the right wears a red mantelet over a white tiered skirt. "Mme Demorest's Mirror of Fashions. / 838 Broadway N.Y. / August 1869"
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)