In a classical outdoor setting of white marble walls and greenery, a mother and her two children model their French fashions for the Journal des Jeunes Personnes. The year is 1859, the ascendancy of the regime of Napoléon III (Louis-Napoléon...
The woman on the left wears a bright pink, off-the-shoulder opera dress with a low neckline and short, puffed sleeves. There is ruching at the neck and white, lace ruffles at the shoulders. A second, loose, over-sleeve made of white lace hangs over...
Belt buckles; Belts (Clothing); Berries; Bodices; Bows (Ribbon work); Brocade; Brooches; Clothing and dress; Collars; Color in clothing; Cuffs (Clothing); Dresses; Earrings; Feathers; Flowers; Gloves; Hair ornaments; Hats; Headgear; Hosiery;...
Seven women in fashions for October 1836. The woman in the top left hand corner is shown from the waist up. Her hair is done in an intricate up-do with loops at the back and is drawn smoothly over her ears, with decorations of pearls and pink...
The woman on the left wears a blue dress with buttons down the bodice, a belt, long sleeves which puff between the elbow and the cuff, and full, wrapped skirts. Her cuffs are white, and the dress has wide dark blue velvet lapels like those of a...
A young woman and a girl visit with an older woman who sits on a park bench. The woman on the left wears a lavender dress with a long skirt with four ruffled tiers. The bodice is styled like a fichu with bold black ribbons crossing in front. The...
Taking a walk out of doors are two women and a young girl wearing French fashions for September 1857. The woman on the left wears a black full skirted dress with a white blouse. The bodice buttons down the front. The skirt and the sleeves have...
A woman and a child stand with a young girl who seems to be dressed for her confirmation. The woman on the left wears a long full skirted skirt and jacket of blue satin. The skirt has six horizontal bands of ruched panels. More ruched bands edge...
Blouses; Bodices; Books; Bows (Ribbon work); Bracelets; Cloaks; Clothing and dress; Collars; Color in clothing; Dresses; Flowers; Gloves; Gold jewelry; Hats; Headgear; Lace and lace making; Parasols; Ribbons; Sashes (Clothing); Shawls; Sleeves;...
Four women in fashions for October 1847. The woman in the top left wears a white, ruffled blouse with short ruffled sleeves underneath a seafoam green dress. Around her waist is a red and white striped sash tied into a bow. She wears a bracelet on...
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...
A mother and her two daughters pause under shady trees during their outdoor walk. The older daughter wears a lavender and pink horizontally striped dress with a heavily-fringed blue shawl with black stripes. The dress is slightly above ankle...
Four adolescents and four children display their elegant French fashions for 1834. The first boy, who leans back against a neoclassical pedestal, wears white lace-trimmed pantalettes and a white blouse with a short ruffled collar. Over these, he...
A family costume party is the theme for this illustration in the February, 1901 edition of La Mode Illustrée. Although they represent a family of the early twentieth-century, the man, his wife, their four children, and another woman are dressed in...
A dark-haired woman looks directly at the viewer in a three-quarter pose wearing an elaborate white wedding dress. The bodice has a deep round neck with an inset of lace, with a high collar and a key-hole neckline, showing her five strand pearl...
A woman and a small child hold hands and walk together. The woman is dressed in a long white gown which is belted slightly above the natural waist with pink ribbon. The bodice has vertically ruching and horizontal bands of pink ribbon at the sides...
Bodices; Bows (Ribbon work); Clothing and dress; Color in clothing; Cushions; Dresses; Earrings; Fans; Feathers; Gloves; Hats; Headgear; Hosiery; Lace and lace making; Plaid; Ribbons; Sashes (Clothing); Shoes; Sleeves; Stripes; Women's clothing;...
Two women in Parisian fashion for 1829. The woman on the left has her back toward the viewer. She wears a wide brimmed, white hat decorated with yellow and brown plaid ribbon bows and a yellow feather. Her dress is pink with white, eyelet lace trim...
This plate shows a woman standing in a three-quarter pose, facing the viewer, her eyes looking directly at us. She models a long green dress. The bodice has a round jewel neckline and a yoke of pale green and white floral pattern which extends...
A young women is seated at the piano forte, while her mother looks on, and a younger girl plays with her puppy in the parlor. Sitting in a purple chair, the young woman touches the open musics score, while she begins to play. She wears a white...
Bows (Ribbon work); Bracelets; Braid; Cloaks; Clothing and dress; Collars; Color in clothing; Cuffs (Clothing); Dresses; Fans; Flowers; Gloves; Gold jewelry; Hats; Lace and lace making; Ribbons; Sashes (Clothing); Shawls; Sleeves; Stoles...
Five women in fashions for July 1847. The woman in the top left is wearing a pale blue short sleeved dress trimmed with rows of narrow ruffles. Over the dress she wears a black lace stole, and she wears black lace mitts and holds a single red...
Six color head and shoulder portraits of women numbered 1 through 6 are arranged in three vertical columns to display spring hats. Women number 1, upper left, shows a rose pink hat covered with a multitude of bows and ruching. The model wears a...
The image shows ten different hats, arranged in four rows. Moving left-to-right from the top, one sees a pale blue poke bonnet with a deep brim, long, blue ribbon ties, a white, ruffled lining, and a large blue bow and plume decorating the crown....
