Two women are standing at the top of the stairs in an elegant hallway with striped wall paper. On the left is part of a long window with diamond patterned glass and a curved top, with a white column setting it off. On the right is an elegant drape,...
Two women stand in a park. The woman on the left is in a red dress with black accents and very full puffed sleeves. Her bodice front has tiers of black pleats and white lace ruffles. Her black collar has bows or puffs at the side. The sleeves have...
Two women are at a horse race. The woman on the left, seated in a white ladder back chair, is wearing a green and blue dress with full puffed elbow length sleeves. The upper sleeves are white floral patterned lace fabric, with pleated dark green...
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...
Two women and a child display their London fashions. The dark-haired woman on the left wears a carriage dress,while the light-haired woman on the right wears a walking dress. The woman on the right holds the hand of a small child. The woman on the...
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...
Two women and a young girl model their French fashions for 1831. The woman in the center wears a white blouse with scalloped collar and yoke. The collar and yoke of the blouse have double layers of scallops, pinned at the throat with a oval gold...
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...
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...
In this illustration for August 1843, two men walking arm-in-arm stop in a grove to greet another man who is dressed in military-style clothing. The man on the left wears long white trousers that taper closely along his calves and ankles,...
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...
In this large horizontal print from the Journal des Marchands-Tailleurs, six men and a young child converse in front of a neoclassical building surrounded by trees in June, 1853. Comprising three groups of two, the pair of men on the left stand...
One of several drawings from "La Vieille Armee francaise" (1820) or "La Vie politique et militaire de Napoleon" (Paris, 1826), showing infantry uniforms or "military exploits under the First Empire, which made [Charlet's] work popular with the...
In this illustration of a Catholic family, a mother prepares her daughter for her First Communion while the girl's brother stands nearby. With one hand on a prie-dieu and the other holding her prayer book, the girl wears a white full skirted dress,...
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...
In a Barcelona neoclassical park setting, a young woman and six girls play jump rope. Spain in the 1880s enjoyed economic prosperity after the Restoration of the Spanish Crown (1875), and these girls appear to reflect that prosperity. From the...
Playing croquet by the seaside, a woman and six girls model their fashions for El Salon de la Moda. The first girl on the left wears an outfit of tan and brown. Her drop-waisted dress gives the appearance of three layers: a short pleated skirt, a...
A group of ten young women and girls gather to model their English fashions for The Young Ladies' Journal of February 1888. Six of the models display coats, hats, and outerwear to brave the winter cold, while four of the models are dressed for the...
Against the backdrop of a large family home and a stone balustrade, a mother and her five children in winter fashions for December 1890 show concern for the youngest girl who is crying. The first girl on the left wears an outfit of red and gray....
Two gentlemen display their French outfits for 1831. The gentleman on the left wears a black double breasted redingote, buttoned tightly to emphasize his slim waist. The lapels are notched and the sleeves have slightly puffed shoulders. He wears...
