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...
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...
Five women model head dresses for 1814. The woman in the top left hand corner wears a bonnet of white fabric. One piece of fabric is twisted and wrapped around her head creating a brim. The top of the bonnet poufs upward to cover her hair. She...
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...
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...
Clothing and dress; Dresses; Gloves; Lace and lace making; Mirrors; Shoes; Tassels; Veils; Wedding costume; Women's clothing; Pleats (Sewing)
A bride stands with her back to the viewer in order to display the veil of her wedding costume. She stands in contrapposto with an oval mirror in her left hand, and her right hand on her hip. Her head is turned in profile as she inspects herself in...
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...
Nine black and white photographs of women numbered 7 through 15 model a variety of hats for Spring. Woman number 7, in the upper left, wears a dark dress with a white jabot. Her hat is covered with overlapping rows of leaves, Below her, woman...
A brown-haired young woman and brown-haired child, perhaps a mother and her daughter, look at each other while they model their circa 1820-1830 fashions. The woman wears a long colorful dress with a tight fitting bodice and full skirt. The fabric...
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...
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 mother and son model their Parisian fashions for November, 1838. The woman wears a long tan pelisse, or fur-lined coat, made of brown on tan Tattersall plaid and trimmed in brown velvet. The trimming is in two bands on the bodice, forming a v...
Two women and a young girl model their summer walking dresses. The woman on the left wears an ankle length green satin walking dress with a white three tiered ruff at the jewel neckline. The dress has the dropped shoulders of the period, forming a...
Two women and a man model their Philadelphian fashions for November of 1841. The man, seated in a chair carved with classical volutes, wears long strapped trousers, a white pleated shirt, a white waistcoat, and a black frock coat with notched...
At eight o'clock in the evening on a cold December night, three men converse by the fire while they model their Parisian fashions for 1838. The man on the left is dressed for the evening in gray stirrup pants, a white collared shirt, and a black...
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...
Three women and a child model their summer fashions for the July issue of Moniteur de la Mode. The woman on the left wears clothing that suggests she is a servant of the woman at center, and indeed she holds the child as well as a paddle that...
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...
