lostsplendor: Spanish Dinner Dress, c. 1880.  Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

lostsplendor:

Spanish Dinner Dress, c. 1880.  Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

(via lostsplendor)

Engraved hair comb (Spanish), V&A, c. 1859

Engraved hair comb (Spanish), V&A, c. 1859

Dinner Dress, apparently, it’s Spanish!  How exciting!  1880.  The Met.

Dinner Dress, apparently, it’s Spanish!  How exciting!  1880.  The Met.


Silk stays (probably Spanish), Met, third-quarter of the 18th century


Piña cloth dress (Spanish), Met, 1810-12

A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, etc., woven from the fiber obtained from the leaf of the sterile pineapple plant.

I’m so glad Spanish dress was requested! I’m an extraordinary fan of Spanish fashions of the 16th century. Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia of Spain with Magdalena Ruiz by Alonso Sánchez Coello, ca. 1586

I’m so glad Spanish dress was requested! I’m an extraordinary fan of Spanish fashions of the 16th century.

Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia of Spain with Magdalena Ruiz by Alonso Sánchez Coello, ca. 1586


Silk dress (probably Spanish), Met. The museum website simply states that this garment is from the “18th century”; however, from my experience I would date this between 1770 and 1780.

oldrags: Court dress, ca 1820 Spain, KCI

oldrags:

Court dress, ca 1820 Spain, KCI