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Hand-colored fashion plate of three women in crinoline gowns outdoors, one seated in a purple dress, with hills behind them and printed French caption text below.

Fashion Plate from Le Journal des dames et demoiselles, ca. 1857

A hand-colored fashion engraving shows three women in mid-1850s crinoline gowns outdoors before a hilly landscape. The seated figure wears a rose-violet dress with a lace collar, while the standing women wear pale skirts with green ribbons and a brown shawl.

Artist
Jules David
Date
ca. 1857
Medium
Hand-colored engraving on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2655 × 1762 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1862).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum