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Walking dresses for a mother and her two young children. The mother's dress has a fitted jacket that flairs out over her hips with lace trim, pagoda sleeves, a full skirt and a bonnet trimmed with flowers, feathers, ribbons and lace. The young...
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Two walking dresses and a child's dress. The left dress has a fitted bodice with a lace collar; full, 3/4 length sleeves ending in layers of lace; a flounced skirt decorated with geometrically designed piping of ribbon ruffles, and a lace bonnet...
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Riding Dress, showing the importance of the pelisse (or redingote), the Betsy collar (Elizabethan revival ruffle), and the high waist (published by R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts)
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Morning Dress and Carriage Dress. The Morning Dress is fairly simple and includes a ruffled lace collar with matching lace bonnet (decorated with ribbon), matching earrings and a waist-long necklace, a shirred bodice with wide shoulders and...
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Morning and Carriage Dresses, morning dress has bertha collar, scarf tied around neck, enormous sleeves with cuffs, full skirt and a fabric cap trimmed with ribbons and flowers; Carriage dress covered with a cloak with an attached shoulder cape to...
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Men's Dress, demonstrating the influence of China, including a patterned robe, trimmed in satin with a matching satin beanie hat with a brim, a fabric collar and tasseled at the waist. The Woman's Dress is a redingote with fabric apron overlay,...
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A May Party, demonstrating differing dress standards for different generations. The dress on the far left shows a wide neckline with lace trim, a large shawl edged with ruffles; a full, flounced skirt; and a wide brimmed hat with lace hanging from...
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French Dinner Party Dress, showing the high waist, bonnet framing the face, the emphasis of decoration on the lower hem, and the 2 part sleeve (marmeluke/leg-of-mutton) (published for La Belle Assemblee)
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French Carriage Dress, showing the importance of the pelisse (or redingote) and the Betsy collar (Elizabethan revival ruffle) (published for La Belle Assemblee)
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Two evening dresses and two outdoor outfits all with enormous hoop skirts. The evening dresses in center have heavily trimmed bodices with wide necklines edged in lace, short sleeves, and simple skirts with decoration around the bottom. The left...
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Two dresses, right dress has lower neckline and exposed shoulders (for evening only); short, multi-layered sleeves, fitted bodice, yoked waist; and a full, floor length skirt, and an elaborate coiffure with ringlets, rolls and flowers. Left dress...
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Two day dresses. The left dress shows a fitted bodice with a long basque edged in lace; 3/4 length, puffed sleeves ending in wide lace, a small waist, a full skirt, and a bonnet with lace, feathers and a big bow. The right dress is decorated with a...
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Day dresses for a woman, baby, and child, illustrate the wide, full silhouette. The woman is wearing a fitted bodice with lace collar; long, full sleeves, a huge skirt, and a lace cap. Both children are wearing extremely full dresses, decorated...
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Carriage Dress, Dinner Dress, and Opera Dress. The Opera Dress offers a striped pattern, shirred bodice, puffy leg-of-mutton sleeves, and a belt emphasizing the waist. There is quite a bit of decorate detail, particular near the hem, and the dress...
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Carriage Dress and Dinner Party Dress, illustrating hemmed short and loose leg-of-mutton sleeves with widening shoulders overall, the waist emphasized by a belt (one with an animal design), lace shawls, geometric decoration towards the hem, gloves,...
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Autumnal Carriage Pelisse (also known as the redingote) and Bonnet, showing the influence of India in the shawl design and headwear (paisley), the Betsy collar (Elizabethan revival ruffle), and the high waist (published for La Belle Assemblee by...
