#19th century

[fripperiesandfobs]

Evening dress, 1860-65

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

[oldpaintings]

The Bride of Death, 1839 by Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882)

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1874 James Tissot - London Visitors

(Toledo Museum of Art)

[caitlinincolour]

Inspired by Alphonse Mucha's 'Flirt'

Marbled White Butterfly x Green Jewel Beetle

PINGAT JET BEADED BUTTERFLY EVENING CAPE

1890’s

Maison Emile Pingat A. Walles & Cie

Cream satin with chiffon shoulder drape beneath two layers of stiffened black net decorated as butterfly wings with silver sequins and faceted jet beads, the high neck having a large beaded wire butterfly at back.

[nemfrog]

"The 'sea serpent' as seen from H.M. Yacht Osborne."

Sea monsters unmasked. 1883.

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[historical-fashion-polls]

submitted by @flowersandfashion 🌹🌸

[weirdlookindog]

Alphonse Marie de Neuville (1835–1885) - “Witches and Wolves”

illustration for Berlioz’ ‘La Damnation de Faust’

watercolour on paper

[ltwilliammowett]

HMS Asia taking in her sails, by Richard Brydges Beechey (1808-1895)

[corenasworld]

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[galleria-delle-stelle]

"Andromeda" by Edward Poynter, 1869

[fripperiesandfobs]

Dress, mid-19th century

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

[periodinteriors]

Johan Vilhelm Gertner (Danish), A Bedroom in Bernstorff Palace near Copenhagen, c. 1845, oil on canvas.

[chic-a-gigot]

L'Art et la mode, no. 5, vol. 16, 2 février 1895, Paris. Costumes travestis. Carnaval 1895. Dessin de Marie de Solar. Bibliothèque nationale de France

Sirène. — Corsage blouse, et jupe en mousseline de soie pailletée nacré sur transparent vert d’eau. Manches de soie découpée rose corail très clair. Coiffure faite d’un coquillage nacré avec perles fines et corail posée en cas que très en avant.

Mermaid. — Blouse bodice, and skirt in pearly sequined silk chiffon on transparent sea green. Sleeves of very light coral pink cut silk. Hairstyle made of a pearly shell with fine pearls and coral placed in a very forward case.

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Jeune fille en 1900. — Manteau sans taille absolument droit en drap livrée. Piqûres, revers et parements de velours beige. Col très haut. Cravate de satin prune Melon de feutre de soie livrée. Canne et monocle. Gants blancs à rayures vertes. Souliers vernis.

Young girl in 1900. — Absolutely straight waistless coat in livery cloth. Stitching, lapels and facings in beige velvet. Very high collar. Plum satin tie. Livery silk felt bowler hat. Cane and monocle. White gloves with green stripes. Patent leather shoes.

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Vigne. — Corselet de velours, blanc raisin brodé de bandes de velours violet raisin de deux tons. Jupe plissée accordéon en mousseline blanche. Coiffure de pampres, avec motifs d’or, posés à la provençale.

Vine. — Velvet bodice, grape white embroidered with strips of grape purple velvet in two tones. Accordion pleated skirt in white muslin. Vine headdress, with gold motifs, laid in the Provençal style.

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Sévillane. — Corsage collant en mousseline ou percale unie ou à fleurettes, fond criard rose vif, vert cru on safran. Jupe longue à deux volants. Châle crépon chine. Coiffure devant, fleurs jaune et rouge dans les cheveux, une près de la tempe. et l’autre sur le sommet des cheveux.

Sevillian. — Tight bodice in plain or flowered muslin or percale, bright pink, raw green or saffron background. Long skirt with two flounces. Crepe chine shawl. Front headdress, yellow and red flowers in the hair, one near the temple and the other on the top of the hair.

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Chanteuse des rues. — Corsage fait de volants satin vert, rose, et jaune alternativement. Chapeau feutre mou gris cendre, cabossé à l'air de la figure. Deux plumes de paon très hautes. Banjo retenu par un ruban.

Street singer. — Bodice made of alternately green, pink, and yellow satin flounces. Ash-gray soft felt hat, dented to match the face. Two very tall peacock feathers. Banjo held by a ribbon.

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Amour. — Blouse vague en mousseline de soie pailletée or et argent. Guirlandes de roses au corsage et à la jupe. Couronne de roses et cœur de satin rouge posés sur les cheveux. Carquois doré et sceptre d’or avec cœurs rouges.

Love. — A wavy blouse in gold and silver sequined silk chiffon. Garlands of roses on the bodice and skirt. Crown of roses and a red satin heart placed on the hair. Golden quiver and golden scepter with red hearts.

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Abat-jour. — Coiffure faite de mousseline. Blouse Loïe Fuller en mousseline de soie accordéon blanche sur transparent rose. Petit empiècement de satin blanc, diamanté retenant la blouse vague plissée accordéon.

Lampshade. — Hairstyle made of muslin. Loïe Fuller blouse in white accordion silk muslin on pink transparent. Small white satin yoke, diamond-cut holding the accordion pleated wave blouse.

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Souris grise. — Blouse et jupe à godets, en velours gris souris. Coiffure de velours gris souris avec oreilles grises, doublées de satin rose. Souris blanches en velours posées sur la robe.

Gray Mouse. — Blouse and skirt with gores, in mouse gray velvet. Headdress of mouse gray velvet with gray ears, lined with pink satin. White mice in velvet resting on the dress.

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Neige. — Blouse de satin blanc froncée. Garniture de cygne blanc au corsage et à la jupe. Coiffure russe faisant toque en velours garnie de cygne. Cheveux ou perruque blonde. Bas et souliers blancs.

Snow. — White satin blouse gathered. White swan trim on bodice and skirt. Russian headdress in the form of a velvet cap trimmed with swan. Blonde hair or wig. White stockings and shoes.

[nemfrog]

A balloon adrift in a magnificent sky. Through the air: a narrative of forty years' experience as an aëronaut. 1873.

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[historical-fashion-polls]

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