Instructions for a Presentation Party at the Palace
A card giving instructions for a debutante being presented to Queen Elizabeth II at a presentation party in 1952. Whereas debutantes (or debs - society girls who were coming out in society) had previously attended evening courts, by the 1950s, the event had been downscaled to presentation parties with women dressed in day dresses rather than evening gowns. Nevertheless, the instructions regarding protocol are prescriptive
Picture No
11680828
Media ID
48433051
Size
5548px x 4448px
(6.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/Vanessa Wagstaff
Source
Original item from a family collection
Date
1952
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