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- subject matching 'Fashion Plates: Men - Waistcoats'
In the 19th century when coat and trousers were in plain, subdued colours, colour and pattern were largely concentrated on the waistcoat. Both single and double-breasted forms were fashionable at various times for day wear, but the double-breasted was not permissable for evening dress until the 1890s.
'Modes de Paris', 30 September 1839
probably by Hippolyte Damours, published by S. & J. Fuller, first published in Petit Courrier des Dames, Journal des Modes
hand-coloured etching, line and stipple engraving, circa 30 September 1839
NPG D47847
by Reville, published by Samuel Orchart Beeton, published in The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, first published in Le Moniteur de la Mode, after Jules David
hand-coloured etching, line and stipple engraving, published May 1867
NPG D48024