Silk embroidered cape | Met Museum | 1795-1800

Silk embroidered cape | Met Museum | 1795-1800

Dress || Met Museum || 1805 The sleeves look convertible! I also think the Regency bustle is a little too large here.. beware the dreaded hump!

Dress || Met Museum || 1805

The sleeves look convertible! I also think the Regency bustle is a little too large here.. beware the dreaded hump!

French ensemble | Napoleon and the Empire of Fashion | 1804

French ensemble | Napoleon and the Empire of Fashion | 1804

Steel tiara (French), MFA Boston, nineteenth century The museum doesn’t give anything about this piece besides a description of what it looks like, but because of the half moon I believe this went with a fancy dress costume from the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Steel tiara (French), MFA Boston, nineteenth century

The museum doesn’t give anything about this piece besides a description of what it looks like, but because of the half moon I believe this went with a fancy dress costume from the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Brass and glass hair comb (French), MFA Boston, nineteenth century

Brass and glass hair comb (French), MFA Boston, nineteenth century

French metal tiara, MFA Boston, nineteenth century

French metal tiara, MFA Boston, nineteenth century

yeoldefashion: A Thomas Rowlandson print depicting a wild masquerade at the Pantheon in London in 1809. I love this! Brilliant.

yeoldefashion:

A Thomas Rowlandson print depicting a wild masquerade at the Pantheon in London in 1809.

I love this! Brilliant.