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Silk winter bonnet, mid-19th cent.
From the seller's listing: Rare silk winter bonnet dating to the mid 19thc. Found in Vermont with fat stuffed with wool tracks, back curtain with ruff along edges. Lined in silk and brown cotton....
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Bow-Bells, July 1865
Bow-Bells, July 1865. National Museums of Scotland. This hand-coloured fashion plate is from Bow-Bells, a fashion magazine published in London. Headed 'The Paris Fashions', the plate illustrates two...
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La Mode Illustree, ca. 1861.
La Mode Illustree, ca. 1861. National Museums of Scotland. This hand-coloured fashion plate is from La Mode Illustreé, a fashion magazine published in Paris. The plate dates from 1861 and is entitled,...
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Le Monde Elegant, September 1865
Le Monde Elegant, September 1865. National Museums of Scotland.This hand-coloured fashion plate is from a scrap album containing a selection of 19th century plates. The plate is from Le Monde Elégant,...
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Corriere delle Dame, August 1860
Corriere delle Dame, August 1860. National Museums of Scotland.This hand-coloured fashion plate is from the Italian fashion magazine, Corriere delle Dame, published in Milan. The plate illustrates two...
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Love's Labour Lost: Rebecca Solomon, ca. 1859
Love's Labour LostRebecca Solomonca. 1859via Sotheby's (1993), private collectionoil on canvas 67 by 51 cm.; 26 1/2 by 20 in.Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1859, no.548.via Invaluable
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Sophia Josephine Dixon, circa 1850-1860
Portrait of Sophia Josephine Dixon, circa 1850-1860American PaintingOil on canvas50 1/4 in. x 40 1/8 in. (127.64 cm x 101.92 cm), without frameGift of Mrs. George Barlow Penny, 42.45Memorial Art...
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Corriere delle Dame, March 1862
Corriere delle Dame, March 1862. National Museums of Scotland.This hand-coloured fashion plate is from the Italian fashion magazine, Corriere delle Dame, published in Milan. The plate is from a series...
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Coral & enamel necklace, pendant. British, ca. 1860.
From the merchant's description: Materials: 15k gold tested, old cut diamonds, coral, enamel.Sizes: Necklace, 16 6/8", pendant 1 3/8" including bail. Diamonds circa 0.07 carats. Weight: 16.6...
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Doubtful Fortune (n.d.) Abraham Solomon
Doubtful Fortune (n.d.)Abraham SolomonLocation:Private collectionMedium: Oil on canvasImage via the Athenaeum
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Fan leaf front (memorial to Prince Albert), Galerie des Machines Date: 1855...
(I'm going to presume that there was a typo with this date, considering Prince Albert did not die until 1861. Otherwise the precognition skills of these printers was amazing.) Prince Albert was...
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Blue & white double weave coverlet, 1849.
CoverletAttrib. To: John LaTouretteAttrib. To: Sarah LaTouretteAttrib. To: Henry LaTouretteDate: 1849Location: Not on displayCentury: 19th Century ADMedia: Cotton, Wool; Plain Weave Double Cloth...
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Unidentified Ambrotype, ca. 1860 (Child in a cart)
(Looks like Mama's behind the backdrop, holding the little one up.)Untitled (Child in a cart)Photographer: AnonymousDate: ca. 1860Location: Not on displayCentury: 19th Century ADMedia:...
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Georgian floral tiara ca. 1800, as seen in Downton Abbey
A Georgian diamond floral tiara as worn in Downton AbbeyAn Important Georgian diamond tiara, the tiara in the form of a garland spray of leaves and floral clusters, pave-set throughout with old-cut...
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A pair of Victorian garnet and diamond cufflinks (for gentlemen), ca. 1860
A pair of Victorian garnet and diamond cufflinks (for gentlemen)A pair of Victorian garnet and diamond cufflinks, the circular cabochon garnets with applied old- and rose-cut diamond-set stars to the...
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Diamond earrings in silver and gold cutaway settings, circa 1850.
Victorian diamond earrings in silver and gold cutaway settings, circa 1850. Total weight of each drop weighs approximately 4.5 carats. 9 carat total weight. Bird & Bell
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Untitled; ca. 1860s British
Untitled (Domestic interior with a sleeping soldier) [descriptive title]Henry Nelson O'Neilca. 1860sPhysical Description: Painting, oil on canvas, glazed and framed in a gilded wood frame.Materials...
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Large pin cushion with stand, ca. 1860
Large pin cushion with standDate: 1860Media: Brocade And WorstedDepartment: Costume and Textile ArtsObject Type: Tool Or ImplementCountry: United StatesContinent: North AmericaAccession Number:...
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Mouchoir/Handkerchief case, ca. 1850
Mouchoir/Handkerchief caseDate: ca. 1850Media: Satin With Lace And PearlsDepartment: Costume and Textile ArtsCountry: United StatesContinent: North AmericaAccession Number: 1979.16.3Acquisition Date:...
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Buttonhole sampler: "J.A.F.G. 1832" Germany
Buttonhole sampler: "J.A.F.G. 1832"Date: 1832Media: Linen; Embroidery (straight, Cross, Button Hole, And Chain Stitches, French Knots, Drawnwork)Dimensions: 12.7 x 13.3 cm (5 x 5 1/4 in.)Department:...
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