Young lady walking in the countryside
Young girl reading to old lady
Two girls and a boy talking to old lady
Three girls and old lady
Three children listening to old lady
Reading
Two old ladies preparing a cup of tea
Two ladies talking
Mother reading to two girls
Man and woman travelling with a girl
Four children walking wih two women
Lady doing needlework
Lady doing needlework
Lady washing out of doors on a warm day. This is the old way. She has just bought a washing machine.
Lady washing out of doors on a warm day. This is the old way. She has just bought a washing machine.
The simple dress skirt and shirt waist
The simple dress skirt and shirt waist
Which arrangement of hair and bow do you think most appropriate for school wear
Which arrangement of hair and bow do you think most appropriate for school wear
A strange face was bending over her
Lady leaning over a child in bed
Two boys and old lady
Two boys and old lady
Lady driving in a horse and cart
Lady driving in a horse and cart
Chinese Woman - 11th Century BC
Chinese Woman - 11th Century BC
Women's Costume during the Directory - 1795 - 1800
Women's Costume during the Directory - 1795 - 1800
Tie-back skirt
Tie-back skirt Late '7o's and Early '8o's The bustle remained an important feature after the panier effect had been discarded. The skirts were made severely plain and were pulled back by strings, so as to fit with extreme snugness in the front. At the back, however, they were drawn out over a bustle of such extent that the fashion plates of the late '70's now have the appearance of caricatures.
The more practical gown of the Empire Period
The more practical gown of the Empire Period
The Grecian Bend
The Grecian Bend , a feature of the late 70's
The Extreme of the Crinoline - 1862
NO radical change in womens' costumes occurrred until the early fifties when what are known as the "Second Empire" styles were introduced. A remarkable feature of the fashions set by Eugenie, the consort of Napoleon III, was the enormous crinoline, of which we have more than once in recent years been threatened with a revival. The monstrous dimensions of women's skirts during the period from 1853 to the early seventies afforded an excellent theme for the pencil of the comic artist, and those who care to search the volumes of "Punch" and other illustrated publications of English and French origin, as well as those produced at the time in this country, will find both exact reproductions and caricatures of this style of costume.
The 1840 style
The 1840 style
The 1830 Effect
The 1830 Effect
Street costume Late Louis XVI period - 1790
Street costume Late Louis XVI period - 1790
Middle class costume during French Revolution - showing Charlotte Corday cap
Middle class costume during French Revolution - showing Charlotte Corday cap
Marie Antoinette style - Late Louis XVI period - 1790
Marie Antoinette style - Late Louis XVI period - 1790
Louis XV
Dress in the time of Louis XV
Louis XIV Period - about 1700
Louis XIV Period - about 1700
Louis XIII - about 1640
Louis XIII - about 1640
Henry IV or early Stuart - 1600 - 1615
Henry IV or early Stuart - 1600 - 1615
French Restoration period - 1823
French Restoration period - 1823
Late Empire - Ball dress and street costume
Late Empire - Ball dress and street costume
Elizabethan or Marie Stuart Period - 1558 - 1600
Elizabethan or Marie Stuart Period - 1558 - 1600
Elizabethan or Henry III Period - showing Medicis Collar
Elizabethan or Henry III Period - showing Medicis Collar
Elizabethan or Henry III - 1570
Elizabethan or Henry III - 1570
Early days of the crinoline - 1855
Early days of the crinoline - 1855
Days of the pannier
Days of the pannier
Court Dress 1540 - Tudor or Francis I
Court Dress 1540 - Tudor or Francis I
Court costume Louis XVI - about 1780
Court costume Louis XVI - about 1780
Ball Costume 1825
Ball Costume 1825
Court Dress of tudor or Louis XI Period
Court Dress of tudor or Louis XI Period
Court Dress of 1390
Court Dress of 1390
Court Dress - Early 15th Century
Court Dress - Early 15th Century
Young Woman's dress - 14th Century
Young Woman's dress - 14th Century
Court Dress - Latter part of 13th Century
Court Dress - Latter part of 13th Century
Fashions for April 1841
Fashions for April 1841
Fashions for March 1841
Fashions for March 1841
Utensils for Canning Fruit
Utensils for Canning Fruit
A young Chinese Married lady
A woman of the people with her baby
Spring Fashions
LACE MANTILLA and TABLET MANTILLA LACE MANTILLA.—This mantilla has three capes—the first is in depth twenty-three inches, the second eighteen inches, and the third fourteen inches, with lace edging to match. The collar is six inches in depth, with a bow of ribbon behind. TABLET MANTILLA.—Material. Watered or plain silk. It is made with a yoke, and falls low on the shoulders. For trimming, it is cut in turrets, trimmed with narrow braid and netted fringe sewed underneath.
The Albuera
This mantilla is one of great beauty. It is made of blue glacé silk, but can be in any choice color. Lavender and lustrous pearl and mode colors look especially well, as also the greens, in this garment. Its chief peculiarity consists in its square front and its fitting so as to just cut the edge of the shoulder. It is fastened at the top by a bow; the back falls with an easy fulness; it is embroidered.
Spring Fashions 1854
Spring Fashions 1854
Preparing For Church
Preparing For Church
Practical Dress Instructor
Headdress of the Lady on the Right.—Hair in bandeaux à la Niobe; torsade of pearls. Moire dress, low body, with progressive revers opening over a modestie of embroidered muslin edged with lace; short open sleeves à la Watteau; undersleeves of embroidered muslin; half-long gloves; bracelets of pearls, or more often worn different, according to choice. The other Figure (Lady seated).—Cap of tulle trimmed with lace and ribbon. Low body, with revers open to waist; loose bell-shaped sleeves, edged with a bouillonne; two skirts trimmed with the same; modestie of embroidered muslin, edged with point de Venise; black velvet bracelets, half-long gloves, and Venetian fan.
Lilies
Three women in a boat picking lilies
Lady Cook
Lady Cook