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...
Clothing and dress; Coats; Color in clothing; Cuffs (Clothing); Dresses; Earrings; Gloves; Hats; Headgear; Pearls; Shoes; Sleeves; Tassels; Women's clothing; Women's hats; Women's shoes; Mantillas
Two women in London dresses for September. The woman on the left wears a white headscarf with light green trim. Her dress is a very pale pink with white dots and trim on the cuffs and vertical decorative bands of the sleeves, the neck, and the hem....
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 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...
Two views, front and back, are shown of a gentleman's outfit in this illustration for the Petit Courrier des Dames of 1831. The cut away coat on the left is a dark hunter green with wide lapels and a black velvet collar. A single pink rose sits in...
Two women in morning & evening dress for November 1807. The woman on the left stands with her back toward the viewer. She wears a double-stranded, red bead necklace. She wears a white, full length gown with an empire waist and short sleeves. The...
Two women wear morning dresses for June 1802. The woman on the left wears a soft pink dress with long skirts, short sleeves, an empire waist, and a high, ruffled neck. A white placket laced with blue adorns the bodice and is complemented by a...
A woman in an evening dress from 1812. The woman wears a white, short sleeved evening dress. The dress has a short bodice and a long plain skirt. The bodice is laced and pearls line the edges of the lacing. Her sleeves are almost off the shoulder...
Brooches; Cloaks; Clothing and dress; Collars; Color in clothing; Cuffs (Clothing); Dresses; Earrings; Flowers; Gloves; Gold jewelry; Hats; Headgear; Necklaces; Neckwear; Parasols; Pearls; Ribbons; Shawls; Shoes; Sleeves; Stripes; Tassels; Women's...
Two women in garden promenade dress for September 1809. The woman in the background wears a white shawl with gold tassels wrapped around her head. She wears gold earrings and a pale-pink, pearl or bead necklace. Her dress is white and has long...
The woman on the left wears a pale pink dress with ankle-length skirts, long sleeves, a high waist, and a square neck. The bodice is edged and decorated in bands of blue and there is a blue band along the hem and at the wrists. She wears a soft...
A man wears a knee-length, dark blue coat with pockets and buttons over a black waistcoat, knee-length black breeches, and black hose. His shoes are black with gold buckles, and he wears a white cravat. He wears a curled, white wig and leans...
A woman wears an evening dress from 1812. She wears a short-sleeved empire-waisted white dress. The skirt of the overdress is open at the front, letting the underdress show beneath. Pearls line the edge of the overdress skirt. Seven short strands...
