The Repository of Arts: 190 Fashion Plates
by [Rudolph Ackermann] Publisher
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Item Price
A$5,887.72A$5,004.56
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About This Item
Collection of 190 fine hand-coloured stipple and line-engraved fashion plates from two decades of Ackermann's influential Repository of Arts.
Plates date from January 1809 to December 1828 and include examples of outfits for all times of the day and social occasions: morning dress, walking or promenade dress, full evening dress, opera and ball gowns, carriage or travel clothes, dinner, garden, mourning and wedding dresses.
Some of the clothes and hats were designed by famous London dressmaker Miss Pierpoint of 9 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, tailor and habit-maker Mr Barry of 55 New Bond Street, milliner and dressmaker Mrs Elizabeth Gill of 1 Cork Street, Burlington Gardens, Mrs Charlotte Bean of Albemarle Street, Mrs Griffin of Rider Street, St. James, and the notorious serial bankrupt Madame Ann Margaret Lanchester.
The elegant ladies are shown dancing at balls, sitting on chaise longues, walking on beaches, reading love letters while strolling, playing the piano, looking at etchings, reading music scores, writing letters at a desk, drinking tea, flirting with fans at parties, etc.
The plates are taken from 190 issues of the magazine (one of the two fashion plates per issue). Illustrations accredited to Thomas Uwins who went by the pen-name Arbiter Elegantiarum.
Bound in half red morocco, five raised bands, gilt title Costume of the Ladies of England 1809-1828, ornate gilt floral tooling, marbled boards faded, aeg, most plates in very good condition with fine hand-colour, a few with faint spotting.
Plates date from January 1809 to December 1828 and include examples of outfits for all times of the day and social occasions: morning dress, walking or promenade dress, full evening dress, opera and ball gowns, carriage or travel clothes, dinner, garden, mourning and wedding dresses.
Some of the clothes and hats were designed by famous London dressmaker Miss Pierpoint of 9 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, tailor and habit-maker Mr Barry of 55 New Bond Street, milliner and dressmaker Mrs Elizabeth Gill of 1 Cork Street, Burlington Gardens, Mrs Charlotte Bean of Albemarle Street, Mrs Griffin of Rider Street, St. James, and the notorious serial bankrupt Madame Ann Margaret Lanchester.
The elegant ladies are shown dancing at balls, sitting on chaise longues, walking on beaches, reading love letters while strolling, playing the piano, looking at etchings, reading music scores, writing letters at a desk, drinking tea, flirting with fans at parties, etc.
The plates are taken from 190 issues of the magazine (one of the two fashion plates per issue). Illustrations accredited to Thomas Uwins who went by the pen-name Arbiter Elegantiarum.
Bound in half red morocco, five raised bands, gilt title Costume of the Ladies of England 1809-1828, ornate gilt floral tooling, marbled boards faded, aeg, most plates in very good condition with fine hand-colour, a few with faint spotting.
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- Bookseller
- Florilegius (JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Flo247
- Title
- The Repository of Arts
- Author
- [Rudolph Ackermann] Publisher
- Illustrator
- Thomas Uwins
- Format/Binding
- Half leather, marble boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rudolph Ackermann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1809-28
- Size
- Octavo, 24 x 14cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fashion, Rudolph Ackermann, costume, Regency, Georgian, mode, fashion plate, Repository of Arts, magazine, haute couture, luxury
- Bookseller catalogs
- Costume;
Terms of Sale
Florilegius
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Florilegius
Biblio member since 2019
Tokyo, Tokyo
About Florilegius
Tokyo-based bookseller specializing in European illustrated books from the 18th to 19th century, mainly botanical, zoological, costume and travel. Also Japanese ukiyo-e and woodblock botanicals, flower arrangement, etc.
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