Description
|
Fashion plate; hand-colored aquatint from Rudolph Ackermann's "Repository of Arts", Series 2, Volume III, Plate 5, No. 13, 1 January 1817. Depicts an array of 8 Parisian style headdresses.
No. 1. A plain yellow bonnet with white trimming. The crown is round and medium height. A purple ribbon to go around the chin. Red flowers protrude from the crown.
No. 2. A white and light purple morning cornette bonnet. A round crown with a waved, circular lace protruding from the top. White ribbon with a leaf design connect the crown with the brim. Strap-like fabric hangs down from the brim. Lace ruffles line the brim.
No. 3. A black bonnet with a similar structure to No. 1. Green lines the top of the crown, where the brim and crown connect, and along the brim. Green strings to tie around the chin.
No. 4. A fancy bonnet of yellow and white. A crown of medium height covered with white roses and green leaves, and a white ribbon around the top. White twirled ribbon in three rows on the large brim. A white ribbon from the bow on the edge of the crown is to be tied around the chin.
No. 5. A white and yellow cornette bonnet. A tall round crown with white ruffed lace design and a yellow ribbon bow on the front. Yellow ribbon lines the brim and where the brim and the crown meet. White lace also lines the brim. Yellow ribbon hangs below the lace on the brim to tie around the chin.
No. 6. A black and purple morning bonnet. A tall round crown with a single white flower protruding from behind a circular purple bow. Purple ribbon lines where the brim and crown meet and purple ribbon hangs down from this point on either side of the bonnet to tie around the chin.
No. 7. A yellow and white promenade bonnet. A tall round white crown with red and pale light blue flowers and green leaves. A yellow brim lined with white ruffles. A ruffle lined strip of fabric hangs down from the top of the crown.
No. 8. A morning cornette bonnet of all white. An oval shaped decorative crown with a bow in the front. Plain brim trimmed with lace ruffle. White ribbon for tying around the chin.
Original 1817 description from page 52 and 53: "No. 1. A plain straw bonnet, lined and trimmed with lilac. The crown of a round shape, and a moderate height; the front is large, and ornamented with lilac ribbon: the crown is decorated at the top and bottom to correspond. It is finished by a bunch of auriculas and lilac strings.
No. 2. A morning cornette, composed of worked muslin; the lower part a mob, the crown round, made very full, and divided into compartments by drawings. The top of the crown is edged with lace; the border corresponds. No ornament.
No. 3. A black straw bonnet of a similar shape to No. 1. but larger; it is lined and trimmed with green ribbon, so disposed as to form a wreath of ties with green ribbon.
No. 4. A fancy straw bonnet of peculiarly elegant and novel shape; the front very large, but the crown a moderate height. It is lined and trimmed with white, and ornamented with a profusion of white roses.
No. 5. A cornette, composed of tulle, the crown round, and made very high; the lower part a mob, cut in a different manner to any we have seen; a row of straw-colour ribbon is run in next to the border; strings and bow to correspond.
No. 6. A remarkably neat plain black straw morning bonnet, trimmed and lined with purple, and ornamented with a single China aster.
No. 7. A very elegant promenade bonnet; the front composed of Leghorn, trimmed with a puffing of tulle; the crown, of white satin, is made very full and rather high. The fulness is confined at top by a white silk half-handkerchief, edged with tulle, which ties in under the chin. It is ornamented with a bunch of Provence roses and fancy flowers.
No. 8. A morning cornette, the upper part composed of worked, and the lower of plain muslin; the crown oval, with a full puffing of muslin up the middle. A lace border and white satin strings."
|
Provenance
|
This collection comprises 71 fashion plates which are hand-colored aquatint prints removed from original copies of "The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics." "The Repository of Arts" was a monthly periodical published from 1809 to 1829 in London, England by Rudolph Ackermann, originally a saddle-maker turned bookseller and businessman. See Notes for more information.
|
