1846 Cécile Mendelssohn Bartholdy by Eduard Magnus (Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz - Berlin, Germany). From Google search; cropped frame & removed spots & flaws w Pshop & fit to screen 958X1400 @96 507kj.
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Portrait of Maria Ivanovna Kochubey-Baryatinskaya, Christina Robertson. 1840s.
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Men's double-breasted waistcoat, c. 1835-1845. Silk, lined in cotton, backed with silk twill, with detail of rose design:
The John Bright Collection notes that "The back is adjusted with a tape threaded through three pairs of metal eyelets on tabs. These metal eyelets, patented in the mid 1820s, were a great improvement on the stitched eyelets that preceded them, being able to take greater strain."
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House of Worth gowns have a tendency to be all out in terms of colors and patterns, but I love that this dress plays with the monochrome palette and leaves the details for the tailoring. Dating from 1873, it's got the silhouette of the times you'd expect but with the high-neck conservatism of the next decade. I love the ruffles and diagonal lines along the hem and bustle. According to the description, it's silk faille taffeta and trimmed with steel beads. Just stunning! I love everything about this dress.
From the Albany Institute.
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At left, the type of 1840s man that many people want, looking dashing in his evening costume and with the fashionable barrel chest and defined waist of his breed.
At right, a more typical example of the 1840s man that you will find at discount prices: note the striped trousers, huge paletot coat, and cigar.
This is the difference that proper vetting of your 19th century man can make! Of course, many people are happy with the Gent on the right and will gladly indulge his fashion habits and smoking.
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Afternoon Dress: Bodice and Skirt
Artist: Anna Dunlevy (American, active 1889-1913), designer/maker
Date: 1905-1906
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Lady Hillingdon (1905), by Frank Dicksee
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"The Dance"
Photographed by Gertrude Käsebier, c. 1905.
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Antonio de la Gándara (French, 1861-1917) • Portrait de Madame Louisa de Mornand, également connu sous La Femme au chien (Women with a Dog) • 1907
Left: Shot silk dresses
Right: Day dress c. 1850′s • John Bright Historic Costume Collection
Shot silk is a fabric which is made up of silk woven from warp and weft yarns of two or more colours producing an iridescent appearance. – Wikipedia
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Emily, Lady Isham by Richard Buckner (Lamport Hall - Lamport, Northamptonshire UK). From bbc.co (now artuk.org) 729X944.
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Mary Ann Collman, Alfred Stevens. 1854.
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Eighteen-fifties man being silly in the photography studio, what will he do!
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