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A woman wears a ball dress of 1811. Her dress is white and ankle length, with short-sleeves and pink trim and pink accents. The bodice has a very low, square neck with a narrow standing lace collar. The top and bottom edges of the bodice are...
The woman wears a pale blue, off the shoulder ball dress with full skirts and elaborate, wide sleeves. The neck is edged with a thin band of white trim, and the front of the bodice is gathered in the center. There is a pale blue band at the natural...
Belt buckles; Belts (Clothing); Bodices; Bows (Ribbon work); Carpets; Clothing and dress; Cameos; Collars; Color in clothing; Dresses; Feathers; Flowers; Gloves; Gold jewelry; Hair ornaments; Leaves; Lace and lace making; Necklaces; Netting;...
Two women pose, one in a walking dress, the other in a ball dress from 1831. The woman on the left wears a lime green cloak with a black collar folded over. Underneath she wears a lavender dress with a belt and a white ruff with three rows of lace...
A woman in ball dress. She stands with her head cocked to the side and her left gloved hand on her hip. She is adorned with a headband bearing an upturned crescent at the front. She wears a necklace and upper arm band made of jet beads. Her dress...
Bouquets; Clothing and dress; Color in clothing; Bows (Ribbon work); Dresses; Earrings; Flowers; Gloves; Gold jewelry; Grapes; Hair ornaments; Leaves; Ribbons; Women's clothing; Women's hats; Women's shoes; Lace and lace making;
A woman in a Parisian ball dress from 1833. The woman wears a short sleeved ankle length pink and white dress. A column of four pink bows runs vertically up the bodice. The wide off the shoulder collar is edged with white lace. Epaulets of pink...
Clothing and dress; Color in clothing; Dresses; Gloves; Headgear; Lace and lace making
Woman wears an off the shoulder light blue ballgown adorned with a wide lace double collar and rows of small pink bows at the center front. The dress has short sleeves edged with ruffles and an underskirt with a very wide lace ruffle at the hem in...
A woman dressed for a ball stands in front of a curtain, pulling it back slightly with her left hand. She is wearing a green and pink dress with short puffed sleeves. The bodice is green with a low square neck, edged with pink ruching. The waist...
A woman in a ball gown stands at the bottom of a flight of carpeted stairs. She is wearing a pink dress with a long train. An embroidered or beaded floral pattern ornaments the center front near the hem. The bodice of the dress has a neckline...
A man and a woman are dressed for a Paris ball. The man is dressed in the style of Napoleon Bonaparte. His white cravat is tied high, almost to his chin. His red waistcoat is banded in gold on the fronts, hem, and pockets, and is cut longer than...
Women's clothing; Girls' clothing; Color in clothing; Dresses; Hair ornaments; Flowers; Necklaces; Bracelets; Handkerchiefs; Fans; Earrings; Archery; Boots; Lace and lace making; Bows (Ribbon work); Gloves; Bouquets; Chairs; Leaves
Five women and a little girl are depicted just outside a ballroom. The woman on the far left wears her hair half up with falling ringlets and a crown of white flowers. Her blue dress is off the shoulder with short sleeves and a pointed waistline....
Women's clothing; Dresses; Gloves; Sleeves; Lace and lace making; Bracelets
A woman in a lavender and purple leaf-patterned brocade dress with leg o' mutton sleeves. She descends a staircase to display the long train. The dress has purple velvet upper sleeves which are very wide, and have gold trim with rosettes at the...
Two women are standing in ball gowns. The woman on the left is wearing a white satin gown with a very wide square neckline. Dark green bows form the short sleeves, and the bodice has a band of pink, green, and gold brocrade across the front, and...
Clothing and dress; Dresses; Flowers; Gloves; Lace and lace making; Necklaces; Scarves; Women's clothing; Bodices
A woman stands in profile view, modeling a pink evening gown with double layered, flowered lace trimmed hem. The bodice is also made of floral lace, with a pink over layer lightly draped at the bust. At the low curved neckline is a twisted drape of...
Bodices; Brocade; Clothing and dress; Collars; Dresses; Flowers; Gloves; Hairstyles; Lace and lace making; Pleats (Sewing); Scrolls; Sleeves; Women's clothing
A young woman is dressed for the evening in ball gown She stands in a three-quarter profile view and leans against the mantle of a (suggested) fireplace. The scroll-work on the fireplace indicates a well-appointed home where the young woman holds a...
This Parisian Costume entitled "Manon" of 1914 was designed by artist H. Robert Dammy in the late eighteenth-century style of the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The costume, meant to be worn at a masquerade ball, has a rose motif. The...
A woman and child lean against an Empire style table, displaying their London fashions for an evening party. The gowns they wear evoke the styles of ancient Greece and Rome with classical details such as the implied egg and dart pattern down the...
