[EARLY 19TH-CENTURY FASHION]. [EARLY 19TH-CENTURY FASHION]. Caption Title: 'Fashions for the year 1808.' Oblong 12mo (115 x 90 mm). Album containing 38 original drawings of ladies' fashion in ink with wash, and 4 pencil drawings of the same (one with a few touches of wash). Contemporary half black morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt (rubbing). Provenance: Frances Brooke (signature on first blank leaf). An album of delicately-executed drawings of early 19th-century fashion, with captioned titles such as: 'Velvet cloth & gold border 1808'; 'Winter Dresses 1808'; 'Summer Dresses 1808'; 'Evening Gauze Satin 1813'; 'Morning Dress 1814'; 'Ball Dress 1814'. The album contains drawings for fashions in the 1810s and 1820s, with one drawing near the end captioned: 'July 9th 1825 Wedding Dress', and For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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