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Day Dress Early 1860s-Italia

Day DressEarly 1860s-ItaliaMaterial: Purple and white striped silk taffeta set of bodice and skirt; worn over crinoline; pagoda sleeves with bows; frills on bodice and hem of skirt.A dress featuring...

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Slippers, mid-19th cent.

SlippersLeather & embroidered applique Mid-19th century Chester County Historical Society Images via Silk Damask (blog)

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Pair of women's elastic side boots, ca. mid-19th cent.

Pair of women's elastic side bootDutch1840–?0Object Place: NetherlandsDIMENSIONS:  17 x 7.3 x 25 cm (6 11/16 x 2 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)ACCESSION NUMBER:  44.481a-bMEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE:  Silk satin with gilt...

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Pink plaid evening dress, ca. 1860s

No information on this to speak of.  It's obviously a silk plaid evening dress, likely early 1860s.  Possibly from the collection of  K. Krewer.  Images via the Graceful Lady

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Christmas Visitors Frederick Daniel Hardy - 1869

Christmas VisitorsFrederick Daniel Hardy - 1869Painting - oil on canvasWolverhampton Art Gallery and Museum (England)

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A Fashionable Woman (n.d.) Constantin Guys

A Fashionable WomanConstantin GuysDate: undatedMedium:Watercolor on paperDimensions:Height: 13.5 mm (0.53 in). Width: 9.25 mm (0.36 in).The Phillips Collection, via Google Art Project

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Christmas in the Catskills, 1867

Christmas in the CatskillsJervis McEntee1867Painting - oil on canvasHeight: 31.75 cm (12.5 in.), Width: 26.04 cm (10.25 in.)Private collectionImage via the Athenaeum

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Portrait of Henriette Mayer van den Bergh, 1857

Joseph van Lerius (1823-1876)Portrait of Henriette Mayer van den BerghDate:1857Medium:oil on canvasDimensions:75 × 64 cm (29.5 × 25.2 in)Accession numberMMB.1869Source/PhotographerMusea en Erfgoed...

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Currier & Ives Winter in the Country, 1858

Winter in the Countryc. 1858oil on canvasoverall: 45.7 x 61.1 cm (18 x 24 1/16 in.)framed: 70.2 x 85.4 x 8.6 cm (27 5/8 x 33 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon 1994.59.1National...

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Constantin Ernest Adolphe Hyacinthe Guys | Au bal Mabille, ca. 1860s

Constantin Ernest Adolphe Hyacinthe GuysAu bal Mabilleca. 1860sMusee d'Orsay

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Young Girl (also known as Augusta Caroline English), ca. 1857

1857George Henry Durriecirca 1857Painting - oil on canvasHeight: 76.2 cm (30 in.), Width: 63.5 cm (25 in.)Private collectionImage via the Athenaeum

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Green Velvet Day Dress, 1855-57

Day dressPlace of origin:  Great Britain, United Kingdom (made)Date:  1855-1857 (made)Artist/Maker:  Unknown (production)Materials and Techniques:  Silk plush trimmed with silk fringe and braid, bodice...

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Creche scene, mid-19th century

Creche sceneSardonyx shell, 14k gold setting marked & testedmid-19th century, probably ItalyCameo Heaven

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Blue silk day dress, ca. 1862

Bodice and skirtPlace of origin:  Great Britain, United Kingdom (made)Date:  1862 (made)Artist/Maker:  Unknown (production)Materials and Techniques: Jaquard-woven silk trimmed with satin, lined with...

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Happy Returns - Christmas Comes But Once a Year (British Christmas Card),...

Happy Returns - Christmas Comes But Once a Year (British Christmas Card)Object:  Greeting cardPlace of origin:  England, Great Britain (made)Date:  ca. 1860-ca. 1880 (made)Artist/Maker:  Unknown...

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Portrait of a (Russian) Woman, 1850s

Portrait of a WomanRussia, 1850sAuthor: Unknown artistName:  Portrait of a WomanPlace:  RussiaDate:  1850sMaterial:  canvasTechnique:  oilDimension:  89x70,5 cmThe State Hermitage Museum

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Portrait of Sofia Naryshkina Franz Xavier Winterhalter - 1858

Portrait of Sofia NaryshkinaFranz Xavier Winterhalter -1858Hermitage Museum - St-Petersburg (Russia)Image via the Athenaeum

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The Fruit Seller at the Munich Christmas Market, 1843

The Fruit Seller at the Munich Christmas MarketPlate 8 from Album des Münchener Radiervereins, Erstes Heft (Munich, 1843)Carl Friedrich Heinzmann, German, 1795 - 1846Geography:  Made in Munich,...

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Christmas Gifts/ Wer Mich will haben / Zu dem komme Ich mit vielen schönen...

Christmas GiftsWer Mich will haben / Zu dem komme Ich mit vielen schönen GabenFranz August Schubert, German, 1806 - 1893Geography:  Made in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, EuropeDate:  1850Medium:...

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Richard Buckner (1812-1883) Portrait of Mrs C.W.Stoughton, three quarter...

Richard Buckner (1812-1883)Portrait of Mrs C.W.Stoughton, three quarter length, wearing a white dressOil on canvas127 x 101 cm  (49¾" x 39¾")Private collectionImage via Artrenewal

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