Fig 1 - A robe of sea-green silk, the skirt very full; tight corsage, half-high and square; long sleeves very flat at top, the fulness drawn by two tight bands into separate puffs, diminishing in size to the wrist; white muslin pelerine, open in front, and the ends appearing under the belt, which fastens with a gold buckle; muslin cap a la Paysanne, the crown high and bent forwards, lappets of Vandyke lace, and pink roses arranged in three seperate little wreaths; primrose gloves, and black kid slippers.
Fig 2 - A dress of lilac cashmere satin, tight corsage, arriere; the point rounded off at the waist: a deep collar of fine white muslin, edged with British lace, tight long sleeves, the tops flattened, and a fall wider than those before described hanging below the elbow, and edged with black lace. Citron colour silk bonnet (the brim cut deep and square at the sides) bouquets of fruit and leaves under brim, coloured like the bonnet, and two ostrich feathers on the left side of the crown. Kid slippers; citron colour gloves.
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