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Hooked RugLucy Trask Barnard (1800-1896)Date: ca. 1860Geography: New England, Dixfield, Maine, United States Culture: AmericanMedium: WoolDimensions: 65 1/2 x 36 in. (166.4 x 91.4 cm)Classification:...
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BEETLE TRIMMED ORGANDY DRESS, 1860sWhite organdy blouse & tiered skirt, embroidered w/ irridescent emerald green to cobalt blue beetle wings forming floral pattern w/ silver metallic vines, B 36",...
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POINT DE GAZ VEIL, c. 1860Handmade toile & reseau in elaborate floral patterns, perimeter worked in leaf patterns, Width 80", Drop 50".Augusta Auctions
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One for the gents!Le Progrès, for the Bulletin of Fashion, New York, No. 110, from Modes de ParisAnonymous, French, 19th centuryPrinter: Imprimerie Digeon, ParisDate: February 1859Medium: Steel...
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Princess Elizaveta Alexandrovna Tchernicheva Franz Xaver WinterhalterCompletion Date: 1858
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Portrait of Princess Elizaveta Alexandrovna Tchernicheva Franz Xaver WinterhalterCompletion Date: 1857
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A Young Lady at ToiletAugustus Leopold Egg - Date unknownPainting - oil on canvasImage via the Athenaeum
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Large fan of sheer black silk and lace leafFrench, 19th centuryFranceDIMENSIONS: 35.7 cm (14 1/16 in.)MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Silk; Sheer black silk and machine made lace leaf fanACCESSION NUMBER:...
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Woman's day dressAmerican, about 1859–61AmericaDIMENSIONS: Overall: 132.5cm (52 3/16in.)MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Silk plain weave (taffeta), with warp and weft float patterning; fringed silk...
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Older Woman in Mourning Cloak and Bonnet1845–61Southworth and Hawes, American, 1843–62DIMENSIONS: Plate: 14 x 10.8 cm (5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Photograph, daguerreotypeCLASSIFICATION:...
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The National Archives holds 1.28 million case files of pension applications from family members of deceased Civil War Union soldiers. This Inside the Vaults video short follows a team of more than...
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Evening (Possibly Wedding) GownDate:c. 1852–1854Material:Silk/CottonCredit:Gift of the Helen Larson EstateObject ID:2001.31.6FIDM Museum
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Dress with Day and Evening BodicesDate:c. 1853–1854Material:Silk/CottonCredit:Gift of the Helen Larson EstateObject ID:S2001.31.18A-CFIDM Museum
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