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 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...
A dark-haired woman looks directly at the viewer in a three-quarter pose wearing an elaborate white wedding dress. The bodice has a deep round neck with an inset of lace, with a high collar and a key-hole neckline, showing her five strand pearl...
A fair-haired young woman wears an outfit in the crimson of Harvard University. She sits on classically-inspired sculpted seat and rests her elbow on a pedestal, the foundation for a classical column. There a classically-patterned stone sidewalk...
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...
Clothing and dress; Men's clothing; Color in clothing; Hats; Coats; Feathers; Gloves; Hosiery; Lace and lace making; Swords; Bows (Ribbon work); Sleeves; Sashes (Clothing); Beards; Mustaches
A gentleman wears the costume of the court of Louis XIII. He wears a pointed-brimmed, gray hat with blue and white feathers. He wears a wide white collar, edged with point edged lace that covers part of his shoulders. His coat and breeches are...
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...
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 a woman stand on green carpet or grass in their French fashions of 1809. The woman's outfit, labeled number "1," is viewed from the back. The woman wears a long cream colored empire waist gown with a scalloped hem. The hem is trimmed...
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...
A wide variety of English coat styles for men are shown in this illustration for the Gentleman's Magazine of September 1855. The entire party stands against a garden wall on which there are two neoclassical urns with rose bushes; tall trees form...
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...
A woman and a small child hold hands and walk together. The woman is dressed in a long white gown which is belted slightly above the natural waist with pink ribbon. The bodice has vertically ruching and horizontal bands of pink ribbon at the sides...
A woman and boy look directly at the viewer, the seated woman holding the standing boy at his waist next to her on a bench. The woman wears a long sleeved white empire waist gown with a black tight-fitting bodice, laced up the center front. The...
A woman and man wearing English and French fashions for 1803. The woman's outfit is labeled number "1." The woman stands in a three-quarter pose with her back to the viewer which allows us to see the back v neckline and hemline of the overdress....
A woman appears in public promenade dress for 1838. She faces the viewer but her head is turned to the right and hidden by her hat. She wears a pale yellow bonnet with a wide brim. Pink flowers with green leaves and yellow ruffles decorate the...
A woman in a white dress from 1835. The woman's dress has an off-the-shoulder collar made of a white ruffle edged in pink. She has Virago sleeves with similar white ruffles edged in pink on each of two tiers. The lower portion of the sleeves are...
Flowers; Sleeves; Shrubs; Bows (Ribbon work); Hats; Parasols; Lace and lace making
A woman is standing in a garden holding a bouquet of yellow and red flowers. She wears a lavender dress with yellow trimming. The sleeves are three tiers of gathers creating full puffed sleeves with gathered lace epaulettes. The bodice is high...
A woman is standing in a long sleeved, high-collared rose red dress. A wide horizontal black band sets off the dress. In the bottom right hand corner is a black and white sketch of the back of the dress. The decorative elements on the dress consist...
