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Fashion Plate

Published by: Mme. Demorest's Mirror of Fashions (American, 1866–1877)
American
1870
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 Number2009.4557
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFashion plate illustrating nineteenth century women's fashion. Three women are depicted, wearing (from left to right), an ornate dress of varying shades of green and yellow, a red mantelet with a blue sash and blue and white striped skirt, and a gray dress with powder blue trim along the many tiers. "Mme Demorest's Mirror of Fashions. / 838 Broadway NY / May 1870"
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)