Ball Gown 1809

FASHION FOR LADIES reprinted from Ackermann’s Repository March 1810 at 185.

PLATE 17.—BALL DRESS.

A plain slip of white gossamer satin which short sleeves and square bosom. A Circassian robe of brown silk net, the meshes terminated with white or gold beads; edging with tassels of the same. Head-dress, a la Diana, of pearl; necklace, armlets, &c. &c. of the same. Slippers of white satin, with gold clasps and bindings. French kid gloves below the elbow. Fan of white crape, with gold Persian border.