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Portrait of a Woman with a White Lace Collar, ca. 1868.

Aristides Oeconomo (Vienna 1821-1887 Athens)Portrait of a Woman with White Lace CollarSigned, dated Oeconomo 1868oil on canvas, 78.5 x 63 cm, unframedImage via the Dorotheum

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Infant's Crochet boot (instruction), Godey's Lady's Book December 1864

Godey's Lady's Book, December 1864.INFANT'S CROCHET BOOT.Materials for one pair. — Eight skeins of white singleBerlin wool, four skeins of black, and two skeins of red.The elegance and grace of this...

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Lady's Knitted Under Petticoat, Godey's Lady's Book December 1864.

Godey's Lady's Book, December 1864LADY'S KNITTED UNDER PETTICOAT.Materials. — One and a quarter pound of four-threadscarlet fleecy, and quarter of a pound of white ditto.We cannot too highly recommend...

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Madame Auguste Cuoq (Mathilde Desportes, 1827-1910)

Madame Auguste Cuoq (Mathilde Desportes, 1827–1910)Artist: Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz)Date: ca. 1852–57Medium: Oil on canvasDimensions: 69 1/2 x 42 1/2 in. (176.5 x 108...

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Victoria Duborg, ca. 1866. Edgar Degas

Victoria DuborgEdgar Degascirca 1866Painting - oil on canvasToledo Museum of Art (Ohio) (United States)Image via the Athenaeum

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Woman's Bonnet, mid-19th century

Woman's BonnetUnited States, mid-19th centuryCostumes; AccessoriesMaterials: SilkGift of Miss Henrietta H. Partridge and Miss Lois Partridge Lehman (36.13.14)Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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Woman's Bonnet, Philadelphia 1863

Woman's BonnetUnited States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1863Costumes; AccessoriesMaterials: Silk crepe, silk velvetGift of Mrs. Margaret Elm Bryner (41.11.7)Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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Silk stockings, ca. 1865

StockingsDate: 1865Culture: FrenchMedium: silkDimensions: Heel to Toe: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Mildred C. Gray, 1954Accession Number: C.I.54.41.3a, bMetropolitan Museum of Art

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Cotton Stockings, 1860s

StockingsDate: 1860–69Culture: AmericanMedium: cottonDimensions: Heel to Toe: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Nettie Carroll Ferris, 1953Accession Number: C.I.53.59.1a, bMetropolitan...

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Cotton Stockings, ca. 1860

StockingsDate: ca. 1860Culture: AmericanMedium: CottonCredit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of The Jason and Peggy...

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Girl with Linnet (1865)

JAMES ARCHER RSA (1823-1904)Girl with Linnet (Scotland, 1865)Oil on canvasSigned with monogram and dated 1865 lower rightDimensions:59.00cm high60.00cm wide(23.62 inches wide)Leicester Galleries (UK)

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Highland Jessie (also known as The Campbells are Coming), ca. 1858

Highland Jessie  (also known as The Campbells are Coming)Frederick Goodallcirca 1858Painting - oil on canvasHeight: 61 cm (24.02 in.), Width: 96.3 cm (37.91 in.)National Army Museum, London The...

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Georgian 15K Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver, Moonstone & Rose Cut Diamond Heart...

From the merchant's listing: This Georgian ring is set with a 1.94ct heart shaped, cabochon moonstone framed by seventeen rose cut diamonds. In an open back setting, the translucent moonstone captures...

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Snowballing, ca. 1865

SnowballingObject: Oil paintingPlace of origin:  England, Great Britain (made)Date:  1865 (painted)Artist/Maker:   John Morgan, born 1823 - died 1886 (artist)Materials and Techniques:   Oil on...

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Evangeline, ca. 1860

Evangelineca. 186058.127.1Currier & IvesLouis Maurer (1832-1932)Thomas Faed (1825-1900)print (visual work), lithographH: 23 in, W: 18 3/8 inMuseum of the City of New York 

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Charlotte Helen Sainton -Dolby; c1860. Museum of London.

Charlotte Helen Sainton -Dolby; c1860.  Museum of London. 

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Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, February 1865. Museum of London.

Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, February 1865.  Museum of London. 

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Child's dress, 1860s

Child's dressGirl's dress in pink and white striped cotton with scoop neckline, short sleeves and centre back closure with hook and eyes. Full skirt is gathered into the hem of the bodice and covered...

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Memorial necklace/dress chain/muff chain ca. 1850

Memorial necklaceLong muff or dress chain. It is made of spirally woven hair with gilt metal filigrain mounts. The stamped leaf and flowerhead clasp is set with turquoises. Locks of woven hair were...

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The Queen, early 1860s. Museum of London.

The Queen, early 1860s.  Museum of London.

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