The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, Etc.The Second SeriesVolume 7, Number 37
The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, Etc.The Second SeriesVolume 7, Number 37, January 1, 1819Half-Mourning Evening Dress and Half-Mourning Walking DressComposite of individual fashion plates.Half-Mourning Evening DressWhite crape round dress over a white sarsnet slip. Skirt ornamented with a full rouleau of white crape and trimming of jet beads. White crape apron, three-quarter length, finished with rich tassels and embroidered in black silk. Necklace, broach, ear-rings, armlets, and bracelets of jet. Head-dress, la toque de Ninon ornamented with a plume of ostrich feathers and jet butterfly. White leather shoes with jet clasps. White kid gloves.Half-Mourning Walking DressRound dress of figured silk, ground grey, with a small black leaf; body trimmed with a puffing of grey crape, ornamented between each puff with a jet bead. Short full sleeve in Spanish style with black satin slashes. Skirt trimmed with a deep flounce of black crape, embroidered in grey silk; surmounted by a plain band of black crape, embroidered in grey silk; finished by a broad band of bias black satin. Fichu of white crape, with a very full white crape ruff. Pelisse composed of either black or grey velvet, lined with white sarsnet; wraps across front with a falling white satin pelerine. Tight sleeves; shoulders finished by puffings of white satin; bottom of sleeves ornamented with full bands of white satin. Trimming consists of satin coquings interspersed with leaves. Gipsy hat, composed of white British Leghorn, ornamented with full plume of ostrich feathers. Black leather half-boots. White kid gloves. Ermine muff.Both dresses credited to Mrs. Smith of 15, Old Burlington-street. -- source link
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