GODEY'S PARIS FASHIONS AMERICANIZED

Artist Pease, Joseph Ives, engraver, 1809-1883

Date1850

MediumEngraving, hand tinted

Dimensions9 7/16 in x 5 7/8 in

ClassificationsVisual Works

Credit LineMuseum collection

Object number1975.23.6 LA

DescriptionTwo women standing on a stone patio, with a column behind them to the left and stairs descending to the right. Behind them and to the right is a landscape with jagged mountains in the background.

Description of the Fashions given in Godey's:

"Fig. lst.—Dress of rose colored silk. The skirt full and plaited in at the waist. Corsage tight, and no boddice; a fold of rich thread lace about the neck. The sleeves reach to the elbow, and are ornamented on the inside with noeuds of ribbon, the same color as the dress; a similar trimming extends down the corsage and skirt. A cap of French lace, an entirely new pattern, tied under the chin; the flowers in the brim are placed much higher than they have recently been worn.

Fig. 2d.—Dress of white jackonet muslin, the skirt full and ornamented with numerous small tucks, at regular distances from each other. An Alpine sacque, fitting closely to the form, of light green silk, ornamented with gold buttons. Sleeves demi-long, to display those of the dress, which are quite full, and confined at the wrist by a band or cuff. Chemisette of lace edging and insertion, alternated.

We regard these as two of the most graceful and ladylike costumes we have ever given to the public, and call the particular attention of our young lady readers to them."

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