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Fashion Plate
Published by: Mme. Demorest's Mirror of Fashions (American, 1866–1877)
American
1871
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 Number2009.4564
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFashion plate illustrating nineteenth century women's fashion. Three women look on as another shows a book to a small girl, wearing a pink and white dress iwth matching booties. The women wear (from left to right) a light purple dress with large purple bows and black lace, a light brown dress with horizontal detailing and trim of a darker shade, a green dress with green ruffle trim, and a blue dress with thin vertical stripes and ruffles. "Mme. Demorests Mirror of Fashions. / 838 Broadway N.Y. / May 1871"
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)