#1890s France

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Blue and red day dress, ca. 1895, French.

By Jean-Philippe Worth.

National Gallery of Victoria.

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/117074/#

[steampunktendencies]

A rare antique brass knuckles pistol with original case, France, 1890.

[womenshistory]

Group of young women reading in library of normal school, Washington, D.C., Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1899.

[fashionsfromhistory]

Evening Boots

1885-1890

Probably French

While the slipper and the strapped shoe were the most common choice for evening wear in the last third of the 19th century, boots did occasionally continue to appear. As with shoes, the basic evening boot was satin, either plain or featuring an embroidered vamp, usually in floral or foliate designs. Surviving examples of evening boots of the late 19th and early 20th centuries suggest, however, that those daring to wear something already outside of the ordinary often opted as well for unconventionally bold and unusual materials and trimmings. This pair of boots typifies that phenomenon: anachronistic side-lacing, novel and atypically exuberant fret and scroll motifs, and embroidery covering the entire boot, including the heel.

The MET (Accession Number: 2009.300.1477a–d)

[chic-a-gigot]

L'Art et la mode, no. 41, vol. 11, 11 octobre 1890, Paris. Robe en velours violet évêque, formant par devant casaque dont le pan, coupé à mi-jupe, est orné d’une broderie et d’une frange de perles violet et or. Cette casaque s’ouvre sur une jupe de damas paille broché de plumes violettes, terminée dans le bas en créneaux sur un bord violet. Corsage croisé; manches en broché. Dessin de M. de Solar. Bibliothèque nationale de France

[diemelusine]

Aline Marie Chazal Tristán, "The Artist's Mother" (c. 1889) by Paul Gauguin. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.

[vintageeurope]

Montbrison, France 1860/90

[random-brushstrokes]

Frances Macdonald - Ill Omen or Girl in the East Wind with Ravens Passing the Moon (1893)

[iiireflexiii]

The rolling sidewalks, France, late 1890s

weltausstellungen:1900 paris:rollender gehsteig

[innocentscemetery]

Mugshots of anarchists taken by Alphonse Bertillon, Paris, 1890's.

Élisée Bastard, 22, polisher.

Pierre Martin, 23, salesperson.

Auguste Solier, 18, draughtsman.

Nicolas Deliège, 19, tailor.

Aimé Léonard, 30, miner.

Georges Brunet, 25, carpenter.

Charles Parisis, 20, tailor.

Cyprien Charrié, 26, printer.

Armand David, 27, earthenware maker.

Armand Godard, 18, electrician.

Met collection

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Green velvet dinner dress, 1894-1896, French.

Designed by Jeanne Hallée.

Met Museum.

[haveyouheardthisband]

[urban-lad]

𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐠𝐡:

First Steps. 1890. Oil on canvas: 72 × 91 cm (28 × 36 in).

The Siesta. 1890. Oil on canvas: 72 × 91 cm (28 × 36 in).

[labyrinthofstreams]

"Group of young women performing atmospheric pressure experiments while studying science in school, Washington, D.C."

Photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1899.

[fashionsfromhistory]

Brooch

Edgar Bense for Boucheron

c.1890

Conceived as a dazzling dragonfly with delicate plique-à-jour wings, this brooch epitomizes the Art Nouveau style in both fashion and manufacture. With its translucent wings set en tremblant and its sparking rose-cut diamonds, the present jewel catches the light brilliantly. In the enameling technique called plique-à-jour, vitreous enamel is applied to openwork wire cells without a backing, creating the transparent effect of stained glass. The house of Boucheron was founded in 1858 by Frédéric Boucheron (1830–1902). First opened in the Galerie de Valois, under the arcades of the Palais Royal, the shop was perfectly situated in the center of Second Empire Parisian luxury. In 1893 Boucheron moved to the Place Vendôme—the first of the great French houses to occupy that location—where it remains headquartered to this day, with more than 30 branches across the globe.

The MET (Accession Number: Accession Number: 2018.447.1)

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode nationale, no. 22, 5 juin 1897, Paris. No. 14. — Petite mante. No. 17. — Mante. No. 21. — Collet mante. No. 23. — Mante. Bibliothèque nationale de France

No. 14. — Petite mante en soie brochée rose sur beige, froncée sur les épaules et remonte dans le haut par un collet formé par des feuilles de satin noir, avec broderies de jais en dessus, petite dentelle autour des feuilles, autour du cou grosse ruche retenue par une draperie de mousseline de soie enroulée et nouée en gros nœuds sur les côtés.

No. 14. — Small pink-on-beige embroidered silk mantle, gathered on the shoulders and raised at the top by a collar formed by black satin leaves, with jet embroidery above, small lace around the leaves, around the neck large ruffle held by a drapery of silk muslin rolled up and tied in large knots on the sides.

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No. 17. — Mante de drap gris allant plus bas que la taille, montée sur un col Médicis doublé de dentelle blanche; devant, longs revers brodés de soutache noire, même broderie dans le dos.

No. 17. — Gray cloth mantle reaching below the waist, mounted on a Medici collar lined with white lace; front, long lapels embroidered with black soutache, same embroidery on the back.

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No. 21. — Collet mante de soie brochée vert amande et rouge montée sur haut col Médicis doublée de dentelle; dans le bas, ceinture corselet à revers faisant la mante courte sur le devant.

No. 21. — Collar of almond green and red embroidered silk mantle mounted on a high Medici collar lined with lace; at the bottom, corselet belt with cuffs making the short mantle on the front.

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No. 23. — Mante de satin vert bouteille montée sur col Médicis, coupé de créneaux doublés de pattes de velours noir, mante à pointes devant et dans le dos, avec grands revers de velours.

No. 23. — Bottle green satin mantle mounted on a Medici collar, cut with crenellations lined with black velvet tabs, pointed mantle in front and back, with large velvet lapels.