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Specialist Tour: A Chronology of Fashion: 1810-1820

Join Glasgow Museums Resource Centre curator Rebecca Quinton in this exploration of surviving garments, accessories and fashion plates from 1810-1820.

Specialist Tour: A Chronology of Fashion: 1810-1820

About Specialist Tour: A Chronology of Fashion: 1810-1820

Calling all Jane Austen fans! Can you tell a spencer from a pelisse or know what to do with a reticule? Continuing our new Chronology of Fashion join curator Rebecca Quinton in this exploration of surviving garments, accessories and fashion plates from 1810-1820.

2.30-3.30pm

Glasgow Museums Resource Centre

FREE but limited to 15 spaces. Please email GMRCBookings@glasgowlife.org.uk or phone 0141 276 9300 to book your place.

Image: Woman's jacket or spencer in yellow silk, about 1800-14. © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection.

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