2 HAND COLOURED GENTLEMEN AND LADIES FASHION PLATES 1845-47 RIDING DRESS

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For pictures and payment information please scroll to the bottom of the page. The 1820-40’s a period of great change in men’s fashion, away went the breeches and tailed coats to be replaced with the romantic ideal of a gentleman, broad shoulders, narrow waits, shirts with tall standing collars and wide cravats, frock coats with shoulder lines falling low on the arm, waistcoats with shawl or notches collars fitting tightly at the wait (corsets were common), trousers replaced breeches, tall hats, hair with a prating a curled. Buy more than one print shipping for multiple purchases is the same as one print please wait for invoice before paying. Two plates from Musee de Modes one shows gentlemen dressed for the horse riding at Longchamps the other set in a garden. The lady carries a riding crop but her dress hardly looks suitable for riding, in the background a servant approaches with a horse. Condition, both very good. THIS ITEM POSTAGE & PACKING, PLEASE READ: UK Surface £2.00 Europe Airmail £3.00 Rest of World Airmail £4.00 Bidders please note all items outside UK will be billed Airmail unless buyer requests Surface Mail option which we offer on heavier items. Every week we bring you interesting, unusual and sometimes rare items on many subjects collected from all over the United Kingdom. We always try to give an accurate read more