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Imagine going out and about wearing this. Those people knew how to have fun.
• Celestial Blue Ball Gown.
Date: 1867
Maker: Marie and Josephine Virfolet (New York City)
Medium: Silk satin (tulle was replaced ca. 1980)
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#it's layer cake hours besties 🍰#one year of historical fashion polls! 🎉#re-feature#historical fashion polls#fashion poll#historical dress#historical fashion#dress history#fashion history#fashion plate#19th century#19th century fashion#19th century dress#mid 19th century#circa 1860#1860s fashion#1860s dress#1860s#skirt
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Ballgown by Marie and Josephine Virfolet, 1867, New York City.
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Conwy Castle, Wales 1860/80
#conwy castle#wales#1860s#1880s#europe#history#vintage#photography#architecture#19th century#places#conwy#castle#fishing folk#boats#uk#britain
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Dressing the Jellicles-
Historical Clothing for Rumpleteazer
1865-67 House of Worth Orange Silk Evening Dress with White Embroidery. (Kent State Museum)
#cats the musical#rumpleteazer#dressing the jellicles#history of fashion#fashion history#fashion#historical clothing#1860s
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Total eclipse of the Sun, July 1860, illustrated by astronomer Warren de la Rue.
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Journey through Time: William Morris's Day and Night, a Tale of 1860s
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Close, No. 28 Saltmarket. Thomas Annan.
Close, No. 46 Saltmarket. Thomas Annan.
Close, No. 93 High Street. Thomas Annan.
Close, No. 75 High Street. Thomas Annan.
Close, No. 29 Gallowgate. Thomas Annan.
Close, No. 37 High Street. Thomas Annan.
More information about Thomas Annan.
Thomas Annan (Scottish, 1829–1886). Old Vennel, off High Street, Glasgow, Scotland, 1868.
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Brooch with a Bird's Claw
c. 1860-1870
Scottish
The Walters Art Museum
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Konstantin Flavitsky
Princess Tarakanova (1864)
#painting#art#traditional art#oil painting#artwork#oil on canvas#canvas painting#1860s#19th century#historical painting#history art
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A selection of strange and cryptic personal ads from The New York Herald, 1860s to 1890s. 14/?
#in the 8 years since I first posted these they have updated from photocopy quality microfilm to scans#the blue veil one sent me down one of the most interesting research rabbit holes I've been down in a long time#which i will definitely be writing about once I have written the 47 other things on my list#writing prompt#victorian#history#personal ads#ny herald personals#1860s#1870s#mysteries#gossip#journalism#writing prompts#writing inspiration#writing
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Guinevere and Iseult: Cartoon for Stained Glass, William Morris. 1862.
#art#aesthetic#art history#historical fashion#historical art#women in art#victorian#women#pseudo medieval art#medieval art#1860s art#medieval aesthetic#guinevere#iseult#Isolde#arthurian legend#medieval fashion#1860s#william morris#stained glass#tristan and iseult#Arthur and Guinevere#king arthur#medieval legend#french medieval#welsh medieval#Irish medieval#engraving#cartoon#fashion
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Witch or Sorceress Fancy Dress Design, 1860s
From the Victoria & Albert Museum
#witch#sorceress#fancy dress#costume#fashion#fashion history#history#design#1860s#1800s#19th century#art
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Rear exterior of the Van Rensselaer manor house, 1860-73.
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