A man and a woman in riding costumes meet another gentleman in morning dress. The woman wears a riding habit with a long full brown skirt and matching jacket with a peplum, both which button down the front. The sleeves of her jacket have French...
A man and woman stand outdoors near a green bench. The woman holds a copy of the magazine, Les Modes Parisienne, for which this illustration was made. The man wears slim fitting tan trousers that brush the top of his matching tan spats. He wears a...
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...
A variety of English coat styles for men are shown in this illustration for March, 1855. Seven men are divided into two groups by the illustrator, the first group gathers around a man sitting in a chair, and the second group gathers around a man...
Two women dresses for riding, one on horseback, are joined by the nanny bringing a child to meet them. The woman on the left rides side-saddle on a brown horse whose bridle is adorned with a pink tassel and whose mane is braided with a pink bow. A...
Women's clothing; Dresses; Gloves; Sleeves; Lace and lace making; Bracelets
A woman in a lavender and purple leaf-patterned brocade dress with leg o' mutton sleeves. She descends a staircase to display the long train. The dress has purple velvet upper sleeves which are very wide, and have gold trim with rosettes at 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...
Two women stand on a balcony looking out onto the city. The woman on the left is in a maroon long-sleeved dress with full leg o' mutton sleeves and a lace collar. The upper sleeves, lapels, and sash are of deep maroon velvet and bands of trim with...
Two women are standing in an elegant room. The woman on the left is in a high-collared light olive green dress with small leg o' mutton sleeves. Her dress has black floral pattern bands across the skirt in diagonals. The same black pattern forms...
Five women stand in an elegant room. The woman on the left is wearing a high-collared, black and gray pinstripe hip length jacket in a masculine style, with a standing collar, wide lapels, and gold buttons at the front and on the cuffs. The jacket...
Five women are standing out of doors. Behind them are trees and houses. The woman on the left is wearing a deep green velvet jacket over a yellow dress. The jacket has long straight sleeves with a slight fullness at the shoulder. The jacket has...
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...
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...
A woman is standing in a room wearing a long-sleeved deep maroon dress. The bodice is of velvet, crossed over at the front. At the front there are black satin ribbons crossing above the bust creating a yoke. From the lower edge of the ribbon are...
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,...
Women's clothing; Color in clothing; Dresses; Hats; Lace and lace making; Ribbons; Bracelets; Flowers; Handkerchiefs
Four women are depicted outside. The woman on the left wears a pink bonnet with white and black lace and white ribbon. Her dress is black with a purple star pattern on the bottom of the skirt and the sleeves, and down the skirt. Her sleeves are...
Five women are standing in an elegant room. The woman on the left is wearing a blue dress trimmed with blue and white stripes. The dress jacket has wide striped lapels, two pairs of buttons, and sleeves that are slightly full at the shoulders, and...
A woman is standing on a sidewalk. She is dressed in a plum colored dress with dark green stripes. Her dress has extremely full leg o' mutton sleeves and an open bodice with deep green velvet lapels, and a short pleated peplum. Under this is 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...
Five women and a little boy are at a dock for a moonlight row. The woman on the far left sits in the boat, facing away. She wears her hair up and loosely braided at the neck, with a pink bow tied at the neck. She wears a small hat with a large pink...
