A woman is leaning against a wall wearing a mauve dress with a bolero style bodice over a yellow blouse. The sleeves are tight and end with three pointed layers at the wrists. At the shoulders are three gathered ruffles. The bodice is formed of...
Dresses; Hats; Women's clothing; Lace and lace making; Collars
A woman is wearing a light green, high-collared, long-sleeved dress. A smaller back view of the same dress is pictured in the upper right corner of the plate. The sleeves are pleated at the shoulders to create puffed upper sleeves, and the lower...
A woman is wearing a light turquoise blue suit with dress with rose pink accents. In the top right hand corner of the picture is a depiction of the back of the suit. The jacket has long tight sleeves with some fullness at the shoulder, and the...
Hats; Parasols; Dresses; Women's clothing; Gloves; Lace and lace making
A woman is wearing a gold dress decorated with bands of white lace with scalloped edges. In the right hand corner of the page is a view of the back of her dress. The sleeves of the dress are long and snugly fitted. At the wrists they are trimmed...
Dresses; Women's clothing; Umbrellas; Lace and lace making; Hats; Umbrellas
A woman is wearing a medium blue suit with dark blue trimming. In the left hand corner is a view of the back of the suit. The sleeves are long and snugly fitted with
narrow dark blue banding trimming the sleeve hems.
At the tops of the sleeves are...
A woman is dressed in a high-collared light blue dress with sections of white lace. In the top left hand corner is a back view of the dress. The pale blue fabric has a faint white overall pattern. The sleeves are elbow length, with some puffing at...
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...
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....
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...
This illustration of dress No. 1282 is on the reverse plate of dress No. 1285 of L'Art de la Mode from the Morse-Broughton Co, New York, "American May 1904." The drawing is much less rendered and printed with a different, less expensive-looking...
Blouses; Books; Clothing and dress; Color in clothing; Dresses; Hairstyles; Lace and lace making; Mandolin; Necklaces; Sleeves; Tables; Women's clothing
Three women, one blond, one brunette, and one with red hair, are sitting on the porch. Two of the women stop their activities to listen to the first woman who plays a mandolin. Three accomplishments required of society ladies are shown: music,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Two women, one in profile, one in three-quarter view, stand on a balcony or terrace, with a distant view of trees and a large building with gables, arched windows, and dormers. A large non-representational frame sets off the figures. The woman on...
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....
A woman with blond-red hair stands in three-quarter view with her face in profile to display her suit. She models a bias-cut turquoise and black plaid suit. The fitted jacket has tan lapels and cuffs, and a matching band trims the hem of the skirt....
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...
