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A sentimental walk in the Abbey of Longchamps, 1836. Woman in dress with wide-bell skirt and narrow sleeves, beret. Man in top hat, coat and pants. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V
Woman in nainsook dress bordered with sky-blue linen, with cane, looking at a waterlily pond. Robe de nansouk bordee de linon bleu de ciel
Women drinking tea in visiting outfits. One in ottoman-red dress with silk embroidery, the other in a dress with oversize buttons, pockets, cuffs and collar
Costume of a female courtier, French Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France
Fashionable women from 1861Pardessus Imperatrice with corded seams; mantle with mauve silk trim; pardessus with scalloped cuff; black & green mantle with guipure pelerine; childs pardessus trimmed with gimp. 1861
Pannier Skirts of 1868Pardessus with a Watteau pleat; pannier skirts & pleated or gathered flounces. Girl: over skirt & sleeveless bolero worn over a blue dress with horizontal stripes
Mantles / Pardessus 1862Red mantle with pagoda sleeves, lattice & ribbon headdress. Black mantle with pagoda sleeves & pockets trimmed with tassels, green dress & lace bonnet & plume
Purple Pardessus 1861Purple mantle with guipure pelerine and tassels, pale purple dress with star pattern
Fashions for April 1851Evening corsages including a lace bertha & bows (echelles); fringed green pardessus; black lace edged mantle with collar; purple morning dress: jacket corsage with tabbed basque
Fashions / January 1851Corsages with pagoda sleeves & engageantes; black lace edged pardessus; green pardessus with a double cape & scalloped edges. The girl carries an ermine muff
October 1850 FashionsGrey caraco dress with basques & skirt trimmed en tablier; white pardessus worn over a green dress; various jackets with pagoda or funnel sleeves; white lace jacket
Costume / Children 1859Boy: tunic, gaiters, sash & knickerbockers. Girls: black pardessus, plaid tunic dress with velvet trim, chemisettes with bishop sleeves, other short dresses with sashes
LA MODE 1853Lace trimmed black pardessus, pale grey skirt & a cap adorned with ribbons & flowers. Brown outfit: skirt trimmed in the pyramid style, caraco body worn over a habit-shirt
Pardussus / Mantles 1861Purple mantle with guipure pelerine; black pardessus with fur trim; childs pardessus: blue with fur trim; brown mantle with black fur cape; pardessus with decorative trim
Shopping Fashions 1850SRed mantle with revers, pagoda sleeves & tassels, blue dress with black trim. Black pardessus, white waistcoat, floral print skirt & a habit- shirt with bishop sleeves
Fashions September 1850Plaid dress: open jacket bodice, chemisette, pagoda sleeves with engageantes. Jackets: (mantles, pardessus) with lace trim, skirts & cuffs or dentilated borders
Costume January 1849Two gowns with lace berthas, one with a caraco bodice; two outdoor garments possibly mantles, one trimmed in brown fur with a matching fur muff
Costume January 1862Ball / evening dress: pink & white ruched edged flounces, over-skirt hitched up at the sides & ornamented with pink roses. Black pardessus with pagoda sleeves
Music Cover / CrinolineTHE CRINOLINE SCHOTTISCHE: a piece of music probably written in 1857 to mark the advent of the cage crinoline. A woman in a crinoline walks down the street
Walking Dress 1860Black velvet mantle, green silk dress; blue silk dress with black & blue flounces, sleeves with puffings & black frills; Pardessus Medici with violet silk ruchings