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The First Argument (n.d.)

Paul Seignac (French, 1826–1904)The First Argument (n.d.)Medium:  oil on panelSize: 45.72 x 36.83 cm. (18 x 14.5 in.)Image via Artnet

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Shoes - French, late 1850s-early 60s

FC0064 - Shoes, bronze coloured kid with red silk underlay and trim, machine stitched embroidery, French, late 1850s - early 1860s.  Fashion History Museum. 

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Banded agate torpedo earrings, ca. 1860.

Victorian  torpedo earrings. Banded agate on silver french hook earring wires. English in origin, circa 1860.Earrings measure 3.25"Bell and Bird Antiques

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Quilt pattern Pots of Flowers: Mary Ann Matheny Smith, Tennessee, ca. 1860.

Primary Pattern:Pots of FlowersAlternate Pattern:Brackman #:41.53Quiltmaker:Smith, Mary Ann MathenyGeographical Origin:Probably made in Tennessee, United StatesDate:Dated 1860Style/Type:Four...

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Quilt pattern Pots of Flowers: Lavinia Frick, Westmoreland County,...

Primary Pattern:Pots of FlowersBrackman #:41.551Quiltmaker:Frick, LavinaGeographical Origin:Made in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United StatesDate:Circa 1840Style/Type:Four Block; Red and Green...

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Quilt pattern: Pineapple. Made in Kentucky, 1860-1880.

Primary Pattern:PineappleBrackman #:46.46Geographical Origin:Possibly made in Kentucky, United StatesDate:Circa 1860-1880Style/Type:Red and Green AppliqueDimensions (LxW):86 x 79 Inches  (218 x 201...

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Riding dress. Harper's Magazine, 1854

Riding dress.  Harper's Magazine, 1854.  NYPL Digital Galleries. 

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Unidentified subject. Alfred de Dreux, bef. 1860. Repository unknown.

Unidentified subject.  Alfred de Dreux, bef. 1860.  Repository unknown. 

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Interior View of the Academy of Music as Seen from Dress Circle., (Brooklyn...

Interior View of the Academy of Music as Seen from Dress Circle., (Brooklyn Sanitary Fair) 1864; USA; colored inks; 456 X 365 cm; 1961-105-150Accession Number 1961-105-150Object ID...

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Floral department of the Great (Sanitary) Fair, Harper's Weekly, April 1864;...

Print, Floral department of the Great Fair, Harper's Weekly, April 1864; Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); USA; 1947-4-26.  Cooper-Hewitt (Smithsonian)

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Mourning/Memorial locket, ca. 1864-65

Inscribed:  "IN MEMORY OF  My second Son Gerardus Dec. 6th 1864"(Mourning) Locket (USA), 19th century; gold, enamel, hair; H x diam.: 0.4 x 3 cm (3/16 x 1 3/16 in.); 1959-81-2Cooper-Hewitt (Smithsonian)

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Market Woman, 1858. Thomas Waterman Wood.

Market WomanArtist:  Thomas Waterman WoodDate:  1858Media:  Oil On CanvasDimensions:  23 3/8 x 14 1/2 in. (59.4 x 36.8 cm) sightDepartment:  American PaintingObject Type:  PaintingCountry:  United...

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Embroidered jacket, ca. 1850-65

Jacket gold and pink on blackDate:  1850–1865Media: Wool Broadcloth, Silk Embroidery, And Silk Fringe, Taffeta LiningDimensions:  60 x 104 cm (23 5/8 x 40 15/16 in.)Department:  Costume and Textile...

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Quilt: Pineapple pattern. by Susannah Sterling Lee Cobb of Georgia. ca. 1858.

Primary Pattern:PineappleQuiltmaker:Cobb, Susannah Sterling LeeGeographical Origin:Made in Georgia, United StatesDate:Circa 1858Style/Type:Red and Green AppliqueDimensions (LxW):87 x 70 Inches  (221 x...

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Carte-de-visite depicting lady in dress (sacque and petticoat) with white...

Unidentified lady wearing a dress with white diamond shapes (sacque and petticoat)Museum reference:  IL.2003.44.4.183Object name:  Carte-de-visiteDescription:  Carte-de-visite depicting lady in dress...

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Unidentified woman, Aberdeen, Scotland ca. 1860

Unidentified lady wearing a tartan dressMuseum reference:  IL.2003.44.4.415Object name:  Carte-de-visiteDescription:  Carte-de-visite depicting lady in tartan dress, by H. Gordon, AberdeenProduction...

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Belt buckle, ca. 1840s

Belt buckleDate: 1840sCulture: EuropeanMedium: goldDimensions: [no dimensions available]Credit Line: Gift of Lee Simonson, 1938Accession Number: C.I.38.23.453Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Belt buckle, ca. 1840s

Belt buckleDate: 1840sCulture: EuropeanMedium: goldDimensions: [no dimensions available]Credit Line: Gift of Lee Simonson, 1938Accession Number: C.I.38.23.451Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Embroidered shoes, ca. late 1850s-early 60s.

FC0065 - Shoes, bronzed coloured kid 'chameleons' with blue silk underlay and trim, machine chain stitch embroidery, French, late 1850s - early 1860sFashion History Museum

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French Antique 18-karat gold and enamel bracelet with turquoise, ca. 1860s

 French Antique 18-karat gold and enamel bracelet with turquoise. The bracelet is composed of 4 strands of woven gold rope with clover shaped enameled and turquoise set slides. The enamel work is...

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