Cléo de Mérode in dance dress, Photo by Leopold Reutlinger, Paris, France, 1901.
Cléopatra Diane de Mérode (French, 1875-1966) was a dancer of the Belle Époque era.
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John William Waterhouse (1849-1917)
"Jason and Medea" (1907)
Oil on canvas
Pre-Raphaelite
Currently in a private collection
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Photo taken in 1905 of a person wearing a ghost costume in a rural schoolhouse.
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The Painting: John Singer Sargent • Portrait of Millicent Duchess of Sutherland • 1905 • Museo Thyssen
The dress : Evening gown of silk and metal. c. 1898-1900. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) ~ A model in Mucha’s studio on the Rue du Val-de-Grâce, dressed in a traditional Bohemian folk costume, circa 1900 | src Mucha-Museum Prague
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The first thing that struck me about this 1905 gown was the black piping. This, my friends, is why velvet is one of the coolest materials known to mankind. Because of all the little fibers (making velvet is kind of like making a carpet) it soaks up light. So you get this deep, saturated black you'd not get otherwise. Plus, it's silk, so it would shimmer in the right light, too. The physics of velvet is so lovely.
Secondly, this dress just screams 1905. From the 1890s to the 1920s, fashion moved FAST. What we see here is the last gasp of that S shape corset as we head toward reformation dresses and the looser look of the 1920s. Though the lace is definitely a bit stained from its age, it's not hard to imagine this dress when it was shiny and new. The slight train and the blocking of lace and pattern just make this so whimsical. Not to mention those 18th century inspired sleeves! I think she's just a darling.
From Augusta Auctions.
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Delphos or Greek-style dress, designed by Mariano Fortuny, this style of dress was introduced in Venice around 1907
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Evening dress worn for concert
c. 1907
made of cream colored silk faille with chiffon inlets, pleated off shoulder style enhanced by large bunches of white velvet ribbon flowers.
was worn by Jessica de Wolf as the soloist at the opening of the St. Paul Auditorium, April 1907.
dress made by Mary Abigal O’Keefe
Minnesota Historical Society
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Woman in a Queen Of Spades costume, 1905
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John William Godward (1861-1922)
"Athenais" (1908)
Oil on canvas
Academicism
Currently in a private collection
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Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme, no. 25, vol. 3, 1 janvier 1903, Paris. Jean Béraud. — Arlequine. Bibliothèque nationale de France
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