A woman and man stand in a grove. Drawn during the height of the Napoleonic Empire, this illustration shows the woman and man in empire style. The woman's empire-waist 'half dress' is white with short puffed sleeves, and has green zigzag trimming...
Bodices; Bows (Ribbon work); Buttons; Clothing and dress; Coats; Collars; Dresses; Gloves; Hairstyles; Hats; Men's clothing; Neckwear; Ribbons; Shoes; Women's clothing; Women's hats; Lace and lace making
A man and a woman in French fashions for 1807. The woman's outfit, labeled number "1," is a light yellow gown with an empire waist. The blue bodice is edged with with yellow ribbon, with the ribbon lacing down the back, ending in a rosette. 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...
A dark-haired young woman and blond-haired girl look at one another while walking in London fashions of 1809. The woman wears a long, white, unstructured dress with an Empire waistline and a long sleeved hooded pale blue spencer jacket tied at the...
A woman and sleeping child sit on an Empire style chaise lounge in London morning dress for 1809. The woman rests her feet on a small matching foot stool. The woman wears a long, white, unstructured dress, with an Empire waist. The bodice has a...
A family of four in their fashions for Philadelphia in 1837. The father wears gray trousers and a green frock coat fastened across the chest with military-style frogs and braiding. The coat has high lapels over a white ruffled collar, and black...
A man and a woman stand on green carpet or grass in their French fashions of 1809. The woman's outfit, labeled number "1," is viewed from the back. The woman wears a long cream colored empire waist gown with a scalloped hem. The hem is trimmed...
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...
Bows (Ribbon work); Clothing and dress; Coats; Color in clothing; Dresses; Earrings; Feathers; Flowers; Gloves; Hats; Headgear; Necklaces; Sleeves; Women's clothing; Women's hats; Women's shoes; Shoes
Three women in London dresses for April. The woman on the left stands facing the viewer with her head is in profile. She wears a white bonnet with two white feathers on top and white, oval earrings and a matching necklace. Her white, full-length...
Woman on left wears a dark gray morning dress with long sleeves and an empire waist. The dress is trimmed with black at the hem, cuffs, and along the front closure. The sleeves puff a bit at the shoulders; these puffs are decorated with black. The...
Woman on the left wears a gray carriage dress with long sleeves, a high collar, and an empire waist. The cuffs are edged with white lace and trimmed with gray frog closures. The bodice is trimmed with vertical lines of gray buttons, gray ribbon,...
Woman on left is seen from the back. She wears a light blue morning dress with long sleeves and an empire waist. The dress is trimmed with white fur with black spots, possibly ermine, at the hem and cuffs and with white ruffles at the shoulders and...
The woman on the left wears a white dinner dress with a peach bodice and trim. It has short, puffed sleeves and an empire waist. The skirt has three ruffled tiers and the collar is a high, lace ruff. She wears white, elbow-length gloves, white...
Two women in fashionable dresses for June of 1818. The woman on the left wears a white empire waist ankle length dress with a short lavender Spencer jacket on top. She wears a white ruff around her neck and shoulders. She wears a lavender bonnet...
The woman on the left wears a white evening dress with short, puffed sleeves and an empire waist. The low neck is trimmed with white ruffles, and matching ruffles run over the bodice from the shoulders to meet below the bust. The sleeves are...
Bows (Ribbon work); Climbing plants; Clothing and dress; Collars; Color in clothing; Dresses; Feathers; Flowers; Gloves; Gold jewelry; Handbags; Handkerchiefs; Hats; Headgear; Ivy; Lace and lace making; Leaves; Necklaces; Neckwear; Netting; Plants;...
Two women in morning dress and promenade costume for December 1822. The woman on the left wears a white bonnet covered in yellow and orange flowers and blue ribbons. A white, lace collar shows beneath her rose pink dress. She wears with three gold...
The woman on the left wears a white, empire waist dress with short sleeves and ankle-length skirts. Her sleeves are banded with pale pink above the elbow and she wears a pink and white striped kerchief around her shoulders and tucked under the...
Blouses; Bowler hats; Bows (Ribbon work); Clothing and dress; Color in clothing; Dresses; Feathers; Flowers; Gloves; Gold jewelry; Hairstyles; Hats; Horses; Lace and lace making; Men's clothing; Necklaces; Parasols; Pearls; Ribbons; Umbrellas;...
Three women, one with blond hair, one with black hair, and one with brown hair, stand in casual conversation while a fashionable crowd behind them intently watches a horse race. The ladies and the crowd display their fashionable clothes, hats, and...
Two women and a girl stand in a well-appointed French parlor during France's Second Empire period. The woman in the center wears a blue dress with a three-tiered skirt and three-quarter sleeves. The dress is accented with bands and square motifs of...
