#percale

"Mode de Longchamp." Woman dressed in a cotton percale dress. Spencer in pinned velvet with sheepskin sleeves, decorated with 'torsades' and buttons. Crepe hat on the head. Further accessories: earring in the left ear, gloves, bracelets on both wrists, handkerchief, scarf trimmed with fringes. Second figure in the same dress, seen from the back. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797-1839.

Girl with a hat of 'gros de Naples' on her head. She wears a dress with short puffed sleeves and long trousers (bloomers) made of cotton percale. Scarf with fringes at the ends, tied crosswise around the body at the center front. Boots on the feet. In the hands a flower branch and a basket filled with the same flowers. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797-1839.

According to the accompanying text (p. 575): Figs. 1: Paille de riz hat decorated with a gauze ribbon. Spencer 'and Levantine', topped with Blonde (bobbin lace). Muslin dress with embroidered ruffles. Gaze cashmere scarf. Yellow gloves and black shoes. Fig. 2: Mesh hat decorated with 'rouleaux' of satin, lilacs and primroses. Spencer made of velvet, decorated with gold-colored braid. Dress of cotton percale (percale) with 'remplis' and strips of muslin. White gloves. Lilac shoes. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published in Frankfurt as a copy of the French edition by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797-1839.