1841 fashion plate - men. and patterns. paisley, and checks, and little medallions, and wavy stripey thing... and double-breasted overcoat
North America's #1 auction house for Couture & Vintage Fashion. Augusta Auctions accepts consignments of historic clothing and textiles from museums, estates and individuals.
North America's #1 auction house for Couture & Vintage Fashion. Augusta Auctions accepts consignments of historic clothing and textiles from museums, estates and individuals.
Le Monde Elégant - June 1879
Mrs Pointer and the Drummond Family
Day Dress, dated from the 1850's. Finely crafted of wool, this darling dress features a printed berry cluster motif, a tambour embroidered net collar, needlework buttons, a full skirt with double box pleating in front and cartridge pleating in back, and box pleated ruffles. Source: Augusta Auctions
Le Moniteur de la Mode - December 1876
Dress, ca. 1853 Silk windowpane gauze Probably worn in Bellevue, Ohio by Isabella Harkness (1830-1864) Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David S. Ingalls Jr. 89.94.1
There's something about 1840s fashion that instantly enchanted me; was it the dark colours, Gothic influence or sentimentality and melancholy of Post-Romanticism that dragged me into this beautiful era. I find that 1840s as a fashion era have been pretty much underestimated. Maybe that also one of the reasons I adore this era. The decade…
