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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Godey's Fashions for December 1866"
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Godey's Fashions for December 1866"

Engraver Kimmel & Forster (American, 1865 - 1866)
CultureAmerican
Date1866
MediumEngraving
InscribedRecto, bottom center, printed: "GODEY'S FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER 1866" Recto, bottom center below the plate, printed: "[?] Kimmel & Forster NY"
Credit LineGift of Ms. Anne Rowland
Object number79.210.189
Not on view
DescriptionPage from Les Modes Parisiennes; Peterson's Magazine. Commonly called Godey's Lady's Book. Depicts a group of 5 women wearing elegant dresses in an interior scene. From left to right, the women wear dresses that are white with pink polka dots, purple, orange and green, pink nad black, and light blue. There is also a young girl in a blue and white dress.