#mid-victorian era

[prismaticxchromatics]

Little Women (2019) Director: Greta Gerwig

“I'd rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe.”

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Portrait of Anna of Prussia (1858) (detail)

via bonniesoubise

[paletapessoal]

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

[fashion-from-the-past]

1850-60

[marzipanandminutiae]

I know this is very Minor Inter-Community Issue but I'm hearing it more and more

"18th century stays weren't primarily for tightlacing! Medieval people had flavorful food!"

"yeah!"

"it's those GROSS ICKY HORRIBLE VICTORIANS who did the bad things!!!! they all ate gruel and suffocated women with corsets!!!"

"...w h y"

[antiquebee]

1854

From 'The Royal Collection Trust'

[is-the-19thcentury-man-okay]

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.

[boymanmaletheshequel]

Antique of the day 🕰️

Mid Victorian/gilded age gothic silver filigree floral brooch set against plate mirror background. Most likely French in origin. Marks on back indicate it had passed through 8 generations before I bought it!

(C. 1865-1875)

[resplendentoutfit]

Yellow Gowns Across the Fashion History Timeline

Rococo era • c. 1750 • Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mid-victorian era • c. 1852

Late Victorian • Worth gown • 1902

Edwardian Era • Worth dinner dress • 1907

Titanic era • 1912

Roaring 20s/Flapper era • 1920s dress

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Rare photo of Queen Olga of Greece (née Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia) with 5th child and 2nd daughter Princess Marie of Greece and Denmark (later Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia), mid 1880s

[designedandplated]

Le Bon Ton, Journal de Modes 367. Women's headwear, 1862.

[prismaticxchromatics]

Little Women (2019) Director: Greta Gerwig

“Well, I believe we have some power over who we love, it isn't something that just happens to a person.”

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

Reproduction of a dress belonging to art collector Joséphine Bowes (1863)

theliteraryshed / redrazors

[sucresanguine]

everyone look at the cute dead mid Victorian couple and my new beauty up and running

[fashion-from-the-past]

1855

[gaillardia-fields]

A map of a woman's heart

D.W. Kellogg & Co. in Hartford between 1833 and 1842. Courtesy, The American Antiquarian Society.