costume-and-construction: Amazing 1840s mourning dress at the Met Museum of Art.

costume-and-construction:

Amazing 1840s mourning dress at the Met Museum of Art.


Shot silk taffeta dress, Tasha Tudor Collection, 1840s

Wedding headdress (American), Met, 1840s

Wedding headdress (American), Met, 1840s

Le Follet, 1846

Le Follet, 1846

oldrags: Portrait of Natalya Pavlovna Panina by Pimen Nikitich Orlov, 1840’s Russia

oldrags:

Portrait of Natalya Pavlovna Panina by Pimen Nikitich Orlov, 1840’s Russia

fripperiesandfobs: Dress ca. 1840’s From the Centre de Documentació i Museu Tèxtil de Terrassa

fripperiesandfobs:

Dress ca. 1840’s

From the Centre de Documentació i Museu Tèxtil de Terrassa

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Mourning Bonnet (American), MFA Boston, 1840-45

Mourning Bonnet (American), MFA Boston, 1840-45


Straw Hat, Met Museum, ca. 1840

“Fanciulla Della Valacchia” (Romanian), ca. 1847

“Fanciulla Della Valacchia” (Romanian), ca. 1847

ornamentedbeing: Period Garment: Red Silk 1840-49 w/ Red Velvet Trim Oh my my. If possible I have a new favorite dress. The colour is exquisite! 

ornamentedbeing:

Period Garment: Red Silk 1840-49 w/ Red Velvet Trim

Oh my my. If possible I have a new favorite dress. The colour is exquisite! 


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