| "Godey's Lady's Book" American Fashions • circa 1850s-1860s Original color lithographs (chromolithographs) and engravings (the black and white prints below) Sheet size: approximately 9.5 x 6 inches |
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Fashion plates were hand-colored engravings and color lithographs that appeared in women’s magazines. Since clothing could not be obtained ready-made, these plates provided information to dressmakers and home sewers on the latest fashion trends. In the United States many of the engravings and lithographs were copied from plates in French magazines. The two most popular American women’s magazines during the Civil War were Godey’s Lady’s Book and Peterson’s Magazine. |
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 Plate 13 $35 (see enlargement for note) |
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 [probably from "Godey's Lady's Magazine" from March, 1841, but pencil inscription on print says Godey's 1845] $20 (unobtrusive crease through image, light browning and foxing) |
 Plate 17 [A hand-colored engraving from "Godey's Paris Fashions Americanised" circa 1840-1850.] $35 (see enlargement for note) |
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