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Photograph of woman modelling opossum fur. With description, The Importance of Opossum; Our photograph shows a quaint pelerine scarf of pure white ermine
FASHION & FLOWER BOOKGrey patterned robe with long tight sleeves; a matching pelerine-mantelet with the lappets tied behind to form a bustle. A crucifix on a black ribbon is also worn. circa 1840
The new foyer at the Theatre Francais, 1863. Portrait of Mme. de R. Woman in cream crinoline dress with purple mantle, bonnet with yellow ribbon
Sunday at the Tuileries, 1831Woman promenading in Sunday Best in the park. She wears a wide-brim hat, dress with full sleeves, ankle boots and carries a parasol. Sunday at the Tuileries Garden, 1831
Woman outside the Theatre du Gymnase, Paris, 1827. Fashionable woman in large bonnet, lace collar and bib, puff-sleeve dress holding a shawl
Woman in walking dress - chequerboard surah - hand-paintedWoman in walking dress in chequerboard surah and hand-painted taffeta with a black velvet border, straw hat with swan plume
Man in long carrick coat with five pelerines or capes. Our young men shorten their jackets but lengthen their coats. The coat is long, heavy and awkward
OUTDOOR GIRLS 1832Girls: white knee-length dress ornamented with tucks, black velvet spencer with imbecile sleeves, pantalettes, pelerine with vandykes; red & black plaid mantle with a cape. Date: 1832
Costume October 1868Girl: pleated skirt, front buttoning tunic, cape collar & skirt ends caught up. Blue dress: double skirt, train, pelerine cape, over skirt with diagonal rows of puffings. Date: 1868
Costume La Mode 1846Pink dress: four scallop edged flounces, tight fitting sleeves with volans & worn with a net pelerine. Hair: covers the ears. Green dress: worn with a shawl & bonnet. Date: 1846
Bracelet - Costume 1847White dress: single scallop edged lace flounce & worn with a pelerine with lappets. Blue dress: long sleeves, white cuffs & trimmed en tablier; worn with a mantelet. Date: 1847
COSTUME 1787Man: top boots, spurs, hat with large cockade, dress coat - front border sloping away to reveal the waistcoat. Women: lace-edge pelerine, softer, curled hairstyles. Date: 1787
Skirt & Blouse 1828Ruff, kerchief, ribbon adorned bonnet, blouse with full sleeves contained at the upper arm by a band, a canezou, skirt trimmed at waist & at knee level with lilac & foliage. 1828
Costume / Women / 1826Front & back views of dress with gigot sleeves, skirt ornamented with tucks, plus a canezou-pelerine & belt. Hat trimmed profusely with wheat ears, flowers & bows. Date: circa 1826
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
Lord in the court of King Charles V of France, 14th century.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris
COSTUME 1774-1780French costumes of the later 1770s include the examples of the high, elaborate hairstyles then worn, also the polonaise gown & pelerines. One lady wears a calash (folding hood). Date: 1774 - 1780
Costume & Doll 1859Purple dress with bouillons at the hem, vertical trim & pelerine bodice. Green & black dress with double skirt & funnel sleeves with epaulettes. Girl in knee-length grey dress
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
COSTUME 1860-61 / TOUDOUZEGirl: mantle with pelerine cape & pleated trim. Women: sortie de bal with black trim; black dress with tablier trim, funnel sleeves & bishop under- sleeves with reversed cuffs
Polaniase Dress 1868Girl: spatterdashes & fur trimmed garment with a cape cut into 2 deep points. Women: black & pink polonaise dress with pelerine; yellow dress, black tunic with pointed hem
Purple Pardessus 1861Purple mantle with guipure pelerine and tassels, pale purple dress with star pattern
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
Eccentric Juvenile GarbMan: trousers with decorative border on outside leg. Girl: pink print dress, pantalettes & pelerine. Boy: full skirted blue coat, V shaped waist seam & very full sleeves
Fashions April 1868Girl: habit shirt, short dress, tunic of overlapping panels that end in tasselled points. Woman: green pelerine, dress with train & gored skirt with white edged seams
Costume / La Mode 1833Dress: floral embroidery on the skirt, hem, belt & panels on the bouffante sleeves, swans down edged pelerine & false sleeves, turban, black blonde lace scarf
Fashions October 1868Girl: pleated skirt, front buttoning tunic, cape collar & skirt ends caught up. Blue dress: double skirt, train, pelerine cape, over skirt with diagonal rows of puffings
Polonaise Dresses 1868Polonaise dresses: double skirts, chemisettes & low bodices & over-skirts caught up with bows. The girls dress has a sack back & the over- skirt opens at the front
Reading LA Mode 1840A young woman reading a copy of " La Mode" wears a pink bonnet & possibly a pelerine- mantelet over a white dress whose hem is decorated with a flounce bordered in lace. Date: 1840
Polka Dot Frock 1832Pelerine with dentilated border; dress with full sleeves (tight from elbow to wrist - Medici ). Worn with a belt & large bonnet. Shown in black & a polka dot fabric
Walking Dress 1840Grey dress with a single flounce & bouillon (puffing) on the skirt, lace ruff & brown fur muff & fur-trimmed pelerine-mantlet, broad brimmed bonnet with plumes
Costume / Baby in PramA baby wears a high pleated bonnet bordered with either ostrich feathers or white fur as is the matching pelisse
Costume Men & Woman 1879A fashionable lady in a black lace mantlet or pelerine is surrounded by male admirers in frock coat & top hat, riding dress or checked trousers & helmet hat with scarf
Bonnet / August 1868A bonnet of the shape then fashionable worn at the front of the head and with lappets fastened beneath the chin. Trimming include yellow flowers & a pom-pon
Social / Britain Vicar 18CA farmers wife wears a white gown & apron, black pelerine, shoes with pointed toes & vamps, a mob cap, straw hat & pink belt. Her son wears a smock & blue stockings
Costume May 1869Girl: over-skirt with apron front, fringing & bows. Brown polonaise with train & sleeves with volans; white dress with pelerine cape, sash bow & over-skirt raised at the back