#1850s fashion

[paletapessoal]

Shawl, early 1850s, black Chantilly lace backed in sage green silk crepe

[frostedmagnolias]

Evening dress

maker unknown

c. 1859-1860

Glasgow Museums

[daguerreotyping]

Stereoview of a hussar and his sweetheart, or perhaps ex-sweetheart, c. 1850s

[antiquebee]

1854

From 'The Royal Collection Trust'

[isabelle-primrose]

The Princess Royal's fan, 1856

Painted by the Princess Royal as a birthday gift for Queen Victoria

[la-belle-histoire]

Victoria, Princess Royal. Unknown artist. 1856.

[historical-fashion-polls]

yes there’s a green dress here, let’s talk about it

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Franz Ebyl, Woman in a Pink Dress (1850) (detail)

via belvedere museum vienna

[fashion-from-the-past]

1855

[dragoons-and-cookies]

À Saumur septembre 2024, France

[peggy-elise]

Eleanor Parker in The Woman In White 1948 🌬

[paletapessoal]

Evening dress, red silk and black rose brocade , 1850s.

[frostedmagnolias]

Evening dress made of silk

c. 1850-1855

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[daguerreotyping]

Absolutely stunning post-mortem daguerreotype of a young man with killer cheekbones and haunting eyes, c. 1850

[antiquebee]

The World of Fashion, February 1851

[threadtalk]

If you could smell this gown, it would be grape. Roller dyed paisley, this gorgeous print and color remind us that even in the 1850s (an era often portrayed as very brown and plain) vivid colors abounded.

As the petticoats give way to crinolines in the 1860s, you see the gowns starting to flare out from the 1830s-1850s. All that cotton is, alas, also quite flammable.

I particularly love the neckline on this, as well as the three-tiered sleeves. It's a rather conservative dress, yet the silhouette is timeless. And you know me, I'm always overjoyed with a print like this.

From the Litchfield Ledger.