Walking Dress – Summer 1810

Regency Period Mother and Son Promenade Attire from 1810

This authentic 1810 fashion plate published in Ackermann’s Repository of Arts showcases an elegant Regency era woman accompanied by a young boy on a daytime promenade. The hand-colored antique engraving illustrates the distinct high-society family dress standards of the early nineteenth century. The mother wears a fluid, high-waisted white muslin column gown, beautifully layered with a rich lavender or soft purple pelisse cape that features structured shoulders and intricate white lace-trimmed borders cascading down the front fabric draping.

Historical Children’s Outerwear and Chinese-Style Parasol Design

The accompanying boy is dressed in a characteristic period tunic suit or early skeleton-style trousers in a warm tan shade, featuring short puffed sleeves, a matching fabric brimmed hat, and a small walking stick or toy switch in his hand. Shielding the maternal figure is an exquisite, pagoda-shaped Chinese style parasol with a geometric patterned edge, fringed borders, and a soft pink top canopy. This fine print offers costume curators an invaluable visual record of maternal styling, antique children’s playwear, and orientalist accessory trends of the late Georgian epoch.