Evening and Ball Toilettes. 1885.

For Sale is a Full Page taken from "The Queen, the Lady's Newspaper, December 5th, 1885," showing the Following Ten illustrations for "Evening and Ball Toilettes."

    a- Old pink brocade, trimmed with pearls and tea roses. Low pointed bodice of brocade ; panels and puffed sleeves of pink satin. Train of old pink plush.
    b- Bodice and detached train in sapphire blue velvet. Tunic and skirt of white lace, ornamented with marabout feathers and tropical birds.
    c- Gauze, spangled with gold and silver ; white satin plastron, wrought with gold and pearls. The same embroidery is reproduced on the white satin pente. Crescents of brilliants in the hair and on the bodice. Mittens in silver thread, spangled with gold.
    d- Moss-green velvet, trimmed with satin, richly beaded with garnets and beads of several peacock shades.
    e- Bronze velvet, brocaded with gold and silver thistles, lace skirt, striped with chaudron velvet ; train in plain chaudron pluch.
    f- This toilette is entirely made of sprigged tulle or point d'esprit. Full bodice ; watered silk sash. Sprays of holly in the hair, on the train, and on the fan.
    g- Bodice and tablier in cream velvet, embroidered with pearls and opals, and ornamented with laceand mauve ribbon. Independant train of mauve velvet, lined with self-toned satin, and faced with a cascade of lace.
    h- Ruby velvet, handsomely trimmed with pink and tea roses ; a garland of those flowers outlines the train. Skirt of white net, tinselled with silver.
    i- Bodice in white Ottoman silk, trimmed with Chantilly lace. The corslet in flame-coloured velvet. Lace skirt, ornamented with a rose tree, covered with buds, and attached with red velvet ; straight folds, forming a pouf.
    j- Emerald-green plush, trimmed with swansdown. The plastron is entirely made of feathers. White satin skirt.

Condition is Very Good.