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Separate bodice for day wear, shaped like a sleeved waistcoat with basquins or points at the waist and buttoning up the front; early 1850s and 1859-early 1860s.

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'The Fashions'. Walking dress for June 1861, by Laurent François Guerdet, published by Samuel Orchart Beeton, published in The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, first published in Le Moniteur de la Mode, after Jules David - NPG D47989'The Fashions'. Walking dress for June 1861
by Laurent François Guerdet, published by Samuel Orchart Beeton, published in The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, first published in Le Moniteur de la Mode, after Jules David
NPG D47989