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Showing posts with label Ackermann's Repository. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ackermann's Repository. Show all posts
Monday, December 6, 2010
Ackermann's Regency Fashion Prints with Children
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Equestrian Ladies from Costume Parisien
Saturday, November 20, 2010
From Georgette Heyer's "BLACK SHEEP" -Ackermann's & Costume Parisien "Walking Dress" & "Carriage Dress"
"... no one had ever cast a slur on Selina's eye for the elegant and the becoming. In her youth she had been the least good-looking but the most modish of the Wendover girls; in her middle age, and endowed with an easy competence, she enjoyed the reputation of being the best-dressed woman in Bath. If Fanny did not, like Abby, seek her advice, she was shrewd enought to respect her judgment; so that when, presently, she showed Selina the sketch of a grossly overtrimmed walking-dress, her secret longing to be see abroad in this confection was nipped in the bud by Selina's devastating criticism.
"Oh dear!" said Selina, wrinkling her nose in distaste. "All those frill, and tucks, and ribbons–! So–so deedy!"
So nothing more ws seen of that fashion-plate ..."
"Oh dear!" said Selina, wrinkling her nose in distaste. "All those frill, and tucks, and ribbons–! So–so deedy!"
So nothing more ws seen of that fashion-plate ..."
Friday, November 19, 2010
Ackermann's Fashion Plate, 1823
I think this is one of the prettiest fashion plates I have. Even tho the background is white, the artist gives one the impression of a lady walking in the dark. It's also one of the best preserved plates, a bit yellowed with time, but no spots or stains, very clean. The lady in pink is another favorite.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Lady's Magazine Fashion Print
My Lady's Magazine prints are very yellowed, and a bit spotty; so it takes a little time to clean them up. I think I'll show a few "as is", We'll see. Here's another one. Coming: a few Mystery engravings.
Monday, November 15, 2010
La Belle Assemblee Fashion Plate
The "La Bell Assemblee" prints are very spotty, perhaps mildewed, so I had to do a lot of cleaning up. The next one is in perfect condition: I'm not sure its an original or a later reprint. The paper seems similar to the others, but I can't tell for sure. The original engravings are very detailed and beautiful, tho not colored like Ackermann's & all the other fashion plates. I really like the caps: they aren't really well described in fiction, and when reading, say, a Georgette Heyer novel, I tend to imagine the Hollywood "maid's cap". Apparently they could be quite detailed and elegant. Women in those days nearly always wore hats or caps. It was a bit "fast" to go bear-headed! And to go around bare-headed and with the hair hanging down: Ooo La! La! Very naughty.
First Print.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Fashion plates from the French Fashion magazine "Modes Etc"
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Costume Parisien fashion plates, early 1800's
Here's a pretty old Costume Parisien, #48.3 . No date, but judging from the dresses, pretty early 1800's.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Costume Parisien, Napoleon Era Fashion Plates
Here are some French Ladies from the Napoleonic Era:
Lady on the right is using a quizzing glass, not only a prerogative of men! |
Examples of Spencers and-or Pelisses. |
Costume Parisien Napoleon-era fashion plates for MEN
Now I'm scanning & cleaning up some Costume Parisien fashion plates. Half the problem is my scanner over-or-under-exposes everything, Once scanned into Photoshop, I just hold the original artwork up and work to get the digital image looking pretty much the same, with less age-related yellowing.
Ackermann's Repository seldom had drawings of men, and they weren't nearly as detailed as the French fashion plates. The rather sad thing is I mostly own post-Waterloo (1815) for men. However, the fashions didn't change that rapidly: once guys discovered comfortable & attractive clothes, they pretty much stuck with it. Well, jeans have replaced skin-tight knit -or buckskin- breeches!
Ackermann's Repository seldom had drawings of men, and they weren't nearly as detailed as the French fashion plates. The rather sad thing is I mostly own post-Waterloo (1815) for men. However, the fashions didn't change that rapidly: once guys discovered comfortable & attractive clothes, they pretty much stuck with it. Well, jeans have replaced skin-tight knit -or buckskin- breeches!
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Ackermann's Regency Fashion Plates, Scans from original Plates
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Friday, January 18, 2008
Christmas Cards
I belong to a Georgette Heyer 'List', where we chat about her books. Each year we have a Card exchange, and I like to make cards using fashion plates from the era (Regency). There were three or four magazines for ladies at the time, the best being Ackermann's Repository. The French Costume Parisien also has splendid plates, although their ladies look to be about 8-foot tall.
Here is this year's card.
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