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1. A Night at the Opera, Autumn 1846A Night at the Opera, Autumn 1846 Bows (Ribbon work); Brocade; Cloaks; Clothing and dress; Coats; Columns; Dresses; Feathers; Gloves; Hairstyles; Handkerchiefs; Hats; Men's clothing; Mustaches; Neckwear; Pants; Ribbons; Shoes; Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.); Tassels; Vests; Women's clothing; Women's hats We see an elegant couple as they leave their box at the Paris Opera. The woman wears a long yellow silk gown, with a three-quarter length blue silk cloak over it. The cloak is trimmed along the edges with a wide band of scrolled trimming, and is tied at the neck with a wide blue ribbon bow. She wears a small white feathered hat and carries a white handkerchief in her white gloved hand. Her dark hair is styled in shoulder-length, face-framing curls. She holds the arm of her escort who wears evening...
2. Afternoon dress, Winter 1800Afternoon dress, Winter 1800 Clothing and dress; Color in clothing; Women's clothing; Women's shoes; Belts (Clothing); Bows (Ribbon work); Dresses; Earrings; Feathers; Gloves; Headgear; Jewelry-Religious aspects; Necklaces; Ribbons; Stairs; Pleats (Sewing) Two women in afternoon dress for February 1800. The woman on the left wears a white dress with a small train and a red belt, red ribbons crossed on the sleeves, and red triangular trimming at the hem. Her collar is low and lined with a narrow white lace ruffle. She wears long white gloves that go all the way up to her sleeves. The ribbons on her sleeves are in a criss cross pattern that creates two “x” shapes on each sleeve. She holds up her skirt to reveal a plain white ankle length underskirt....
3. Afternoon dress, Winter 1800Afternoon dress, Winter 1800 Clothing and dress; Color in clothing; Women's clothing; Books; Bows (Ribbon work); Chairs; Dresses; Earrings; Bracelets; Feathers; Gloves; Mandolin; Headgear; Necklaces; Sheet music; Flowers; Two women in afternoon dress for March 1800. The woman on the left wears a light pink dress and white gloves and shoes. Her sleeves are elbow length with three tiers of narrow white ruffles. Her collar is edged with the same white ruffle. Her waist is defined by a gold band. She wears a headpiece made of two large feather plumes and a gold headdress of three bands. She wears gold drop earrings. The woman on the right wears a simple white dress with a blue short sleeved overdress. The dress has a...
4. Afternoon dress, Winter 1800Afternoon dress, Winter 1800 Clothing and dress; Collars; Color in clothing; Dresses; Earrings; Feathers; Harpsichord; Hats; Headgear; Lace and lace making; Necklaces; Neckwear; Sheet music; Shoes; Sleeves; Women's clothing; Women's hats; Women's shoes; Tambourine; Candelabra; Benches Two women wear afternoon dress for December 1800. The woman on the left is seated and wears a white gown with an empire waist and long sleeves. The collar is a standing ruff with pointed edges on a v-neck. She wears a red bead choker necklace. Her cap is gold with a line of yellow dots, a line of red dots, and two white plumes. The woman is playing the harpsichord while turning the pages of the music. She turns to face the other woman while seated on a wooden bench with a bright pink cover. The woman...
5. American ball gown, 1898American ball gown, 1898 Dresses; Fans; Women's clothing; Fur garments; Tassels; Flowers; Gloves; Bracelets; Cloaks; Hair ornaments A woman in a ball gown stands at the bottom of a flight of carpeted stairs. She is wearing a pink dress with a long train. An embroidered or beaded floral pattern ornaments the center front near the hem. The bodice of the dress has a neckline covered in pink blossoms, with white fringe below. Over it she wears a floor length dark green velvet cloak. The cloak is open down the front, and has an elbow length cape with pink patterned lapels edged with brown fur with two golden tassels. The collar is...
6. American ball gown, Spring 1898American ball gown, Spring 1898 Fans; Dresses; Bows (Ribbon work); Gloves; Collars A woman is wearing a light blue-green dress with yellow designs and yellow ruched trimming. The dress has a high neck with a white frill and short puffed sleeves with white frills under the ruffled edges. The bodice has a curved yoke, extending the line of the sleeves, and trimmed with a squiggle of yellow ruching around the yoke. There is a large yellow bow at the front left side of the yoke with ends that drapes over her left shoulder, and hangs down to below her knees. The skirt is flared and...
7. American ball gown, Winter 1895.American ball gown, Winter 1895. Necklaces; Women's clothing; Dresses; Fans; Gloves; Bracelets A woman dressed for a ball stands in front of a curtain, pulling it back slightly with her left hand. She is wearing a green and pink dress with short puffed sleeves. The bodice is green with a low square neck, edged with pink ruching. The waist comes to a slight point at the center front, and the center of the bodice is trimmed with three triangles of green over a center section of pink. Pink spots accent the green triagles, the bands bordering the pink section, and the waist. The pink puffed sleeves...
8. American ball gown, Winter 1898American ball gown, Winter 1898 Fans; Gloves; Fur garments; Stripes; Women's clothing; Dresses A woman is wearing a light turquoise blue and rose pink dress. The skirt of the dress is gored in diagonal sections of blue and pink stripes to create alternating zigzags across the skirt. On the front seam are flowers on the pink stripes and dots and trailing vines on the blue stripes with more decoration on the lower third of the skirt. The bodice is blue at the neckline with a draped pink section below. The neckline is square with a slight v at the center front, giving the look of a sweetheart...
9. American evening gown, 1895American evening gown, 1895 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 elbows. Matching gold forms the sash and the collar, with rosettes at the waist, and a bow at the back of the collar. A triangular front gold section has a cameo, and she wears narrow gold bracelets over her long white gloves. The front of the bodice is lavender...
10. American evening gown, Winter 1905American evening gown, Winter 1905 Clothing and dress; Dresses; Flowers; Gloves; Lace and lace making; Necklaces; Scarves; Women's clothing; Bodices A woman stands in profile view, modeling a pink evening gown with double layered, flowered lace trimmed hem. The bodice is also made of floral lace, with a pink over layer lightly draped at the bust. At the low curved neckline is a twisted drape of diaphanous pink, ending at the front left with a large ruffled rosette with a hanging transparent fall, almost to hem length. The light shoulder straps are composed of white or light pink leaves and floral elements, and the right strap hangs down onto...
11. American fashion, 1902American fashion, 1902 Bodices; Bows (Ribbon work); Brocade; Clothing and dress; Dresses; Feathers; Gloves; Hats; Lace and lace making; Parasols; Ribbons; Sleeves; Stripes; Umbrellas; Women's clothing; Women's hats Striped bands create a stylish dress of lavender and black. The collar and upper bodice is pale green with black floral pattern in brocade or lace. Two wide horizontal bands of lavender and black cross the bodice at the shoulder and just below at the line of the upper sleeve. The remainder of the bodice is vertical stripes of pale green with black dots, alternating with narrow lavender stripes. Two lavender bands of ruffles or feathers run down the center front. The skirt has three horizontal bands...
12. American fashion, 1902American fashion, 1902 Bustles; Clothing and dress; Collars; Dresses; Hairstyles; Lace and lace making; Pleats (Sewing); Women's clothing A woman with a dark, up-swept hairstyle stands in profile with her arms outstretched. She wears a long red dress with a black trellis-like diamond pattern on the bodice and skirt. The outfit begins with a floral-patterned blouse in white, red, and black. The blouse has a high neck and long, narrow sleeves that reach over the hand with a flared edge. The blouse disappears beneath a full bodice, which continues to a tightly-gathered waistline emphasized by several black bands. The dress continues to...
13. American fashion, Spring 1896American fashion, Spring 1896 Dresses; Bouquets; Women's clothing; Parasols; Lace and lace making; Bows (Ribbon work); Hats A woman standing on a terrace is wearing a tan dress with a flower pattern, lace frills, and leg o' mutton sleeves. The fabric is patterned with white daisies with black centers. Her sleeves have white lace ruffles at the elbows and wrists, and blue trim at the wrists. The bodice is styled like a jacket, with blue lapels, edged with white and lace ruffles, and a standing collar of blue, over a high necked white lace blouse with a wide ruffle below the blue sash at her waist. The fronts of the bodice...
14. American fashion, Spring 1899American fashion, Spring 1899 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 with white lace, and the upper sleeves are of white lace with two rows of gold ruffles just above the elbows. The front of the bodice is open to the waist and edged with white lace and a narrow gold edging. In the back the neckline forms a very deep v, reaching...
15. American fashionsAmerican fashions Dresses; Bows (Ribbon work); Collars; Dresses; Women's clothing; Hats; Flowers Two women are standing in an elegant room The woman on the right rests her hand on a chair. The woman on the left wears a long-sleeved lavender brocade dress with a floral pattern. The bodice has vertical soft pleats, and four tiers of plain lavender ruffles at the upper half, meeting in a v neckline. Three tiers of lavender also create the upper portion of the sleeves, which end with narrow white ruffles at the wrists. The center of the v neck shows a white lace piece with a very high gold collar...
16. American fashionsAmerican fashions Dresses; Women's clothing; Umbrellas; Hats; Bows (Ribbon work); Gloves; Collars; 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 black lace pleated pieces, and above the ribbon are beaded or embroidered velvet sections on the yoke of the bodice. The ribbons have bows at the point they reach the sleeves. The collar is of maroon velvet with a black lace ruffle. The sleeves are snug with...
17. American fashions, 1846American fashions, 1846 Women's clothing; Hats; Dresses; Lace and lace making; Color in clothing; Cloaks; Feathers Four women are depicted in a city street in front of storefronts. Two are facing away while the other two converse with each other. The farthest left wears a bonnet, dress and cloak. The bonnet is blue with white feathers. The dress is light blue but mostly covered by the cloak. The cloak is brown and edged with black velvet or fur and brown fringe. The second to left wears a bonnet, dress and mantelet. Her bonnet is white with lavender ribbon. Her dress is also lavender and is edged with two rows...
18. American fashions, 1848American fashions, 1848 Women's clothing; Color in clothing; Dresses; Hats; Stripes; Shawls; Lace and lace making; Parasols; Feathers Two women are depicted standing in a garden, with trees and a tall stone building in the background. The woman on the left wears a white ruched bonnet with pink flowers. Her dress is a light pink with long sleeves. There are narrow black vertical stripes on the dress and down the middle front is black criss crossed trim. Over her dress, she wears a white lace mantelet tied in the middle with a green ribbon. The woman on the right wears a pink bonnet with matching plumes. Her dress is a pale blue...
19. American fashions, 1866American fashions, 1866 Color in clothing; Girls' clothing; Women's clothing; Boys' clothing; Men's clothing; Dresses; Ribbons; Stripes; Pants; Boots; Jackets; Vests; Chairs A mother and father are sitting in a parlor, teaching their children music and art. The blond little girl plays the piano. She wears a white dress with short sleeves that is gathered in at the waist. Her hair is in loose shoulder length curls. Her mother sits next to her, looking on. The mother's hair is up in a loose bun. She wears a white blouse with a brown jacket and blue skirt. Her jacket is edged with dark brown ribbon with bows at the end of her sleeves. Her skirt is blue with dark blue pinstripes....
20. American fashions, 1895American fashions, 1895 Bows (Ribbon work); Hats; Sleeves; Women's clothing; Dresses; Umbrellas; Lace and lace making; Collars; Buttons 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 velvet spots and an interlocking pattern edge the hem and lower sleeves. Her bodice has a pointed section of white lace, and more pleated lace extends out over the sleeves. The skirt is flared out from the narrow waist to create a wide hem. Her hat is of...
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