At 16:07 10/01/2009, you wrote:
There are several plates of striped day dresses. Last year, I did a search
to find patterned dresses. There are a couple of French illustrations that
show printed fabric, too. I think patterned fabrics were more common than
they appear because of the difficulty of engraving stripes or a
pattern for a
fashion plate.
These are at the office, and I will try to remember to look for them on
Monday. Some of the images are from a CD collection which,
unfortunately, I have
misplaced at the moment.
Thank you. One of the p[lates I own has a printed evening dress,
which I think is also in the Blanche Payne collection, but they
certainly are unusual. There is a 4000 plus collection at the Museum
of London, but although they are archived, they are not, as yet,
online. Hopefully one day they will be. They are accessible to
researchers, but not at the moment as there is a huge building
programme going on.
Suzi
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