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...
A woman in a green dress, with a high collar and three-quarter length sleeves. The woman is wearing a black trimmed with large pink roses on the brim, with more under it on one side. She holds a green ruffled parasol.
The blouse is floral...
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...
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...
At the height of the summer boating season, three men meet by the river bank in England in the summer of 1855. The man on the left displays the back of a fitted, camel colored frock coat that has two buttons at the back waistline. He wears slim...
A mother and eight children display their Parisian fashions for December, 1903, while they gather for a party. The figure of the mother divides the composition in half with four younger children on her right and four adolescents on her left. The...
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...
A woman wears a lacy, white morning dress as she breakfasts. Her sleeves are long and trimmed with lace. Vertical, lacy patterns run down the skirt in stripes, and the skirt is edged with five small rows of white lace. The dress has a high, lacy...
Clothing and dress; Dresses; Fans; Feathers; Flowers; Gloves; Hosiery; Lace and lace making; Necklaces; Roses; Stripes; Women's clothing; Women's shoes
A woman wears a white court dress with an empire waist and short, puffed sleeves. The low, square neck is edged in pink ribbon and two rows of white lace. Three columns of pink chevrons decorate the bodice. White flowers, lace, green leaves, and...
A woman wears a yellow, off-the-shoulder dinner dress with short, puffed sleeves. Vertical lines of decoration run down the front of the dress, and decorative bands adorn the hem. The woman's shoes are blue, and her elbow-length gloves are white...
The woman on the left wears a soft-blue evening dress with long, leg-of-mutton sleeves trimmed with white lace at the cuffs. A deep vee runs from the shoulders, over the bust, coming to a point at the waist. This vee is edged with several layers of...
Belt buckles; Belts (Clothing); Benches; Bodices; Bows (Ribbon work); Chairs; Clothing and dress; Collars; Color in clothing; Cuffs (Clothing); Dresses; Flowers; Fur garments; Gloves; Hair ornaments; Lace and lace making; Pleats (Sewing); Ribbons;...
Two women next to each other, one in a carriage dress, the other in a dinner dress from 1831. The woman on the left wears a blue carriage dress. She has voluminous leg-of-mutton sleeves with white lace cuffs. Her collar is large and white and...
Two women are standing at a fence. The woman on the left faces away, and wears a yellow bonnet trimmed with ribbons, rosettes, and leaves. Her mint green dress has a pattern of narrow stripes in groups of four. The sleeves are narrow with two rows...
Women's clothing; Color in clothing; Hats; Headgear; Lace and lace making; Shawls
Five women are depicted. The woman on the top left wears a green headpiece and a light blue dress. The dress has a shirt collar and horizontal bars down the front of the dress, and on the sleeves. The sleeves are long and narrow with short over...
Women's clothing; Color in clothing; Hair ornaments; Lace and lace making; Fans; Chairs; Tables
There are two women in a parlor. The one on the left rests against the arm of an elaborately carved chair with blue upholstery. She wears Chinese inspired attire. Her hat is a small green and gold pyramid held on with an elaborate gold hair pin....
Women's clothing; Color in clothing; Dresses; Feathers; Lace and lace making; Necklaces; Fans; Bracelets; Bows (Ribbon work); Chairs
A woman is depicted standing next to a column and a red and gold chair. Her hair is pulled back softly from a center part, and dressed with white plumes and white lace. Her pink dress is off the shoulder and short sleeved. The bodice has a pointed...
Bodices; Bracelets; Brooches; Chairs; Clothing and dress; Color in clothing; Cuffs (Clothing); Dresses; Fans; Flowers; Gloves; Hairstyles; Handkerchiefs; Lace and lace making; Ribbons; Roses; Rugs; Sleeves; Stripes; Women's clothing
Five women in fashionable dress. The woman on the far left, faces away from the viewer. Her hair is up in a coiled loop and is decorated with two pink roses, smaller red flowers and green leaves. Her dress has a wide neckline with a shallow "V" in...
Women's clothing; Girls' clothing; Color in clothing; Dresses; Hair ornaments; Flowers; Necklaces; Bracelets; Handkerchiefs; Fans; Earrings; Archery; Boots; Lace and lace making; Bows (Ribbon work); Gloves; Bouquets; Chairs; Leaves
Five women and a little girl are depicted just outside a ballroom. The woman on the far left wears her hair half up with falling ringlets and a crown of white flowers. Her blue dress is off the shoulder with short sleeves and a pointed waistline....
Two women are depicted on the beach wearing bathing dresses. The woman on the left faces away from the audience. She wears a light gray bonnet with black ruffle around the edges. Her dress is a matching gray and ends just above the knee. She has...
Women's clothing; Color in clothing; Dresses; Hats; Bows (Ribbon work); Wedding costume; Veils; Lace and lace making; Mirrors; Stripes; Earrings; Hair ornaments
There are five women, one a bride, in a salon. The woman on the far left wears an ornamented band on her hair, with a short blue lace veil attached. Her dress is blue with a low scooped neckline, over a white high collared blouse with pintucks,...
