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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 Number2009.4552
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFashion plate illustrating nineteenth century women's fashion. Two woen and a small boy sit on lavish red chairs on a patio. The woman on the left wears a white dress with lace detaling around the sleeves and skirt; the woman on the right wears a purple dress with a white pleated overskirt. The little boy stands between them on a chair, and wears a gray suit. "Mme Demorest's Mirror of Fashions. / 838 Broadway N.Y. / July 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)