Livery

Scope and Contents This folder contains 13 fashion plates: 1) 1 women's plate, "Habits, December 1798"; 2) 1 women's plate, "Dame de qualite à qui un jeune negre porte la queue..."; 3) 1 women's plate, "Habit de bal à la paysanne..."; 3) 1 women's plate, "Eine Vornehme Frau zur Leiche gehend"; 4) 2 women's/men's plates, "M. N et Mme. * * *" and "La Chute"; 5) 4 women's/men's plates, "Les Inconcevables", "Les Incroyables", "Les Merveilleuses", and "Ma Pa'ole d'honneur on me le paiera"; 6) 1 women's/children's...

Scope and Contents This folder contains 30 fashion plates: 1) Ladies Cabinet, 5 women's/children's plates, Jul. 1850-Apr. 1852; 2) 3 women's/children's plates, "Beilage zur allgemeinen Musterzeitung", Oct. 1850-Oct. 1859; 3) Le Lion, 1 men's/women's/children's plate, Mar. 1855; 4) 3 women's/children's plates, 1859; 5) 1 women's plate, 1858; 6) 1 women's plate, "Modes Françaises", Oct. 1850; 7) L'Iris, 4 women's plates, c. 1853-1855; 8) 1 men's/children's plate; 9) Scott's Mirror of Fashion, 8 men's/children's...

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of primary source material from various fashion-related sources from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The majority of the sources are fashion plates and tear sheets, but there are also sketches, photographs, and advertisements. Most of the images reflect women's and men's fashions, with some children's fashions, as indicated.