Brown warp-printed plaid day dress. Brown, beige, black dress of woven silk ikat, stripes and ikat checks. High neck, fastens front to waist, full skirt, dropped shoulder, ruffle at upper arm sleeve shaped with fullness at elbow, narrow cuff, trimmed with brown and plaid ribbon on outside edge. American, early 1860s, (probably altered from earlier dress, textile dates to 1850s) Silk taffeta Gift of Esther C. Taylor and Helen Taylor Eging, KSUM 1986.30.1

Ladies' Magazine - Le Bon Ton December 1843 LAPL

1840s woman deep in thought

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Afternoon dress of plaid silk, American, about 1840, MFA Boston, 51.473

MONITEUR DE LA MODE - plate 37

Dress of the day: Printed wool day dress, possibly American, ca. 1845, KSUM 1983.1.74.

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Please ignore the terrible background in these pictures... I made this dress in November 2012 to wear to the  Great Dickens Christmas...

Black silk evening dress with sequins, beads, chiffon overlay, long net skirt panels to create a lampshade effect, and a train.

Journal des Modes et Littéraire, Le Protée, février 1835, No. 16 : Toilette de Promenad (...)

Two-piece dress, 1840's.