Fashion Plate, German, 1817

The fashion plate is inscribed Moden Z 1817, No. 39. The German word "Moden" means "fashion" in English. This particular plate showcases three women in empire-waist dresses with long sleeves and horizontal decoration at the bottom of each dress. Each woman also accessorizes with a hat and neck piece.

The woman on the left is wearing a plain white dress with a striped scarf, feathered bonnet, and pointed low-heeled shoes. The center woman is wearing a white and pink spotted dress with a ruffled hem, pink and white striped scarf, and pointed black shoes. She carries her straw bonnet in her hand. The woman on the far right is wearing a blue and white evening dress with lace edging the collar, sleeves and hem of the dress. A blue ribbon circles the skirt above the scalloped ruffles at the hem. She is also wearing a blue spencer jacket and matching blue-and-white headpiece with feathers, a pearl necklace. Her shoes are fastened with ribbon ties.