This black and white illustration of a woman in an American promenade dress is surrounded by text describing in detail the latest "Gibson" style fashions. She faces the viewer in a long skirt and matching long-sleeved jacket, both with linear black...
Four women, a young girl, and a black servant boy stand in a well-appointed, neoclassical styled room. The boy brings a valentine to the woman on a silver tray. He wears a dark blue suit with a white collar. One woman, the girl, and the boy are in...
Bodices; Clothing and dress; Dresses; Flowers; Hairstyles; Lace and lace making; Pleats (Sewing); Ribbons; Roses; Sleeves; Women's clothing
This illustration depicts a woman with red hair standing in a three-quarter pose modeling a pale green gown with lace applique and rosette details. Her green dress is made of a thin material in many fine soft gathers and wraps around her in a...
Striped bands create a stylish dress of lavender and black. The collar and upper bodice are pale green with a black floral pattern in brocade or lace. Two wide horizontal bands of lavender and black cross the bodice at the shoulder and just below...
A woman is standing in a long sleeved, high-collared rose red dress. A wide horizontal black band sets off the dress. In the bottom right hand corner is a black and white sketch of the back of the dress. The decorative elements on the dress consist...
A young woman with red-blond hair wears a yellow suit trimmed in black with a tucked, lace trimmed pink blouse. This transitional outfit combines the flowers and lace popular in the Victorian era with the angularity of approaching modernist styles....
This black and white illustration of a woman is a composite of a drawing of the gown and and of a photo, with color added, of the model's face. The woman turns, presenting a three-quarter pose, and an outlined rectangle with a four petaled flower...
Women's clothing; Color in clothing; Dresses; Horses; Hats; Feathers; Stripes; Parasols; Buttons; Gloves; Ribbons; Earrings; Jackets
Two women are observing a horse race. The woman on the left wears a straw hat with red, yellow, and blue striped material and red plumes. Her dress has a cuirasse bodice, with a v-neck and three-quarter length sleeves and white ruffles at the neck...
Three women and two children model their circa 1858 fashions outdoors. Trees, a lake, and a man with two horses are in the background. The woman in the center wears a yellow wide skirted dress with elaborate decorations of white horizontal braiding...
A man, two women, and a girl are gathered in a park in Paris 1832. The individual outfits for this illustration are numbered one through four, from right to left. In outfit number 1, a woman sits on a green wooden bench and wears a long pink dress...
Women's clothing; Girls' clothing; Dresses; Color in clothing; Bracelets; Stripes; Hair ornaments; Flowers; Baskets; Boots; Necklaces; Earrings
There are five women and a little girl depicted outside a ballroom. The woman on the left wears her hair in waves accented with a gold hairpiece or ribbon around the back. Her dress is a dark blue with a jewel neck and long sleeves. There are black...
Women's clothing; Girls' clothing; Color in clothing; Dresses; Hats; Bows (Ribbon work); Feathers; Earrings; Shawls; Umbrellas; Tassels; Coats; Boots; Pleats (Sewing); Flowers; Lace and lace making
Two women and a young girl walk along next to a balustrade in a city. The woman on the left wears a gray straw hat with gray plumes and a green ribbon. Her dress is gray trimmed with rows of green tasseled fringe. The dress has a high collar and...
Five woman, one a bride, are standing in front of a church outside the door.The first woman on the left is wearing a grey, long-sleeved dress with a pink bonnet. The bodice is hip length and fastened down the center front. She wears a white blouse...
A woman dressed in a sleek tan dress with extremely large puffed sleeves stands at a window with a view of a distant tree in winter foliage. Two vertical dark green velvet bands decorate the front of the bodice and the skirt. The lower tightly...
Chairs; Hats; Women's clothing; Dresses; Gloves; Collars; Fur garments; Lace and lace making
A woman is standing in front of a yellow chair. She is wearing a vivid, high-collared dark red satin suit with gray fur edging. A back view of the suit appears in the upper right of the plate. The sleeves are snug with a slight fullness at the...
A dark haired woman stands in a three-quarter pose with her head turned in profile to display her elaborate up-swept hairstyle. She wears a rose colored long gown with floral patterned sleeves, lower bodice, and insets on the skirt. The dress has a...
A woman stands in three-quarter view with her face in profile as she creates a flower arrangement of yellow roses and daffodils in an ornately decorated vase. The vase and the table underneath both have Art Nouveau details. She models the French...
A woman facing left in a long-sleeved dress of red with black polka dots. The bodice and skirt are trimmed with three white horizontal bands with black stitching that end at the front with round ornaments. The upper two bands on the bodice are...
This print is divided into two sections showing three women in the top panel and four children in the bottom panel, all in fashions for June, 1839. The woman at the left wears an elegant pink dress for an evening party. It has an off-the-shoulder v...
A bride, a second woman, and a little girl prepare for an autumn wedding as they model their French fashions for the October, 1866 edition of Moniteur de la Mode. The bride wears a white gown with a very full bell skirt. The bodice has a vertical...
