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CDV, British, 1860s
CDVBritish, 1860sPrinted on verso: "Messrs. W. Walker & Sons, artist and photographers, 64. Margaret Street, Cavendish Square."NYPL Digital Gallery
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Spring Costume, Godey's 1865.
Spring Costume for a Young Lady"Dress of steel-colored silk, open at every breadth, disclosing an underskirt of rich blue silk. Each breadth is richly embroidered in blue silk and trimmed with a...
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Micromosaic brooch, earrings & pendant set
This is the rest of the set that includes the locket shown here. Description below is for the brooch. The locket has a mid-19th century date in its description while this puts the ballpark closer to...
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Opera Cloak. Harper's Magazine, December 1860.
Opera Cloak. Harper's Magazine, December 1860. NYPL Digital Gallery.
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Amber Earrings, mid-19th century French
Earring (one of a pair)French, mid-19th centuryFranceDIMENSIONS:1.9 x 1.4 x 1.8 cm (3/4 x 9/16 x 11/16 in.)MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE:Amber and gilt metalCLASSIFICATION:Jewelry / AdornmentACCESSION...
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Glass bead swag necklace
NecklaceAmerican, Second quarter 19th centuryUSADIMENSIONS44 x 10 cm (17 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUEGlass beads, silkCLASSIFICATIONJewelry / AdornmentACCESSION NUMBER49.1068Museum of Fine...
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Black beadwork necklace, mid-19th century French
NecklaceFrench, mid-19th century FranceDIMENSIONS: 37 x 13.5 cm (14 9/16 x 5 5/16 in.)MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Glass beads and cut copper alloy beads on silk threadCLASSIFICATION: Jewelry /...
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Katarzyna Potocka née Branicka in oriental costume, 1854.
From Wikimedia:Countess Potocka sat for this portrait in Paris where she went after returning from a trip to the Holy Land. She posed wearing a sleek and colorful, carmine-olive-black eastern outfit,...
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Countess Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff (Maria Ivanovna Beck), 1859
Countess Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff (Maria Ivanovna Beck, 1835–1866)Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, Menzenschwand 1805–1873 Frankfurt)Date: 1859Medium: Oil on canvasDimensions: 57 1/4 x 45 1/4...
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Eugénie, Impératrice des Français (Eugenie, Empress of France), 1854
Eugénie, Impératrice des Français (Eugenie, Empress of France)Leon-Alphonse Noel (French, 1807–1879)Artist: After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, Menzenschwand 1805–1873 Frankfurt)Publisher:...
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Woman in a Riding Habit, 1856
Woman in a Riding Habit (L'Amazone)Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz)Date: 1856Medium: Oil on canvasDimensions: 45 1/2 x 35 1/8 in. (115.6 x 89.2 cm)Classification:...
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Amethyst comb, ca. 1825-30
Comb (part of a set)Date: ca. 1825–30Culture: FrenchMedium: Gold, silver, amethystsDimensions: 3-1/8 x 7-1/2 in. (7.9 x 19.1 cm)Classification: Metalwork-Gold and PlatinumCredit Line: The Friedsam...
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Seed pearl necklace, ca. 1845-50
NecklaceDate: 1845–50Medium: Seed pearls, mother-of-pearl, horsehair, silk and yellow goldDimensions: L. 20 in. (50.8 cm)Classification: JewelryCredit Line: Gift of Jane H. Dehn, 2003Accession Number:...
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Carved ivory cherub pendant
PendantDate: 1850–75 Culture: European Medium: ivory Dimensions: Length: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) Credit Line: Gift of Judith and Ira Sommer, 1994 Accession Number: 1994.585Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Black silk cloak, 1860s
CapeDate: 1860sCulture: AmericanMedium: silkDimensions: Length at CB: 52 1/2 in. (133.4 cm)Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Earl Rowe, 1951Accession Number: C.I.51.15.63Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Quilted silk cape, 1850-60
CapeDate: 1850–60Culture: AmericanMedium: silkDimensions: Length at CB: 47 in. (119.4 cm)Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. D. Chester Noyes, 1950Accession Number: C.I.50.5.14Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Evening cape, 1860s
Evening capeDate: 1860sCulture: EuropeanMedium: silk, cashmereDimensions: Length at CB: 48 in. (121.9 cm)Credit Line: Isabel Shults Fund, 1979Accession Number: 1979.347.1Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Cloak with jet beadwork, 1850s
CloakDate: 1850s Culture: American or European Medium: jet (beadwork) Dimensions: [no dimensions available] Credit Line: Gift of Lee Simonson, 1938 Accession Number: C.I.38.23.92Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Vivandiere Uniform
This vivandiere uniform is believed to have originated in New York.Vivandière UniformCatalog #: 266 Accession #: 64127Credit: Armed Forces History, Division of History of Technology, National Museum...
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Heavily patched dress, ca. 1860
Patched DressDate: about 1860Catalog #: 1995.0058.002 Accession #: 1995.0058Credit: Costume, Division of Social History, National Museum of American HistoryDimensions / WeightDimensions: 63" H x 36"...
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