Pelisse Collection

Lady Wearing a Spencer
One woman wears a fur-lined spencer the other a pelisse. Fashions of around 1805 according to a later source

COSTUME FOR 1815-1820
French & German dress 1815-20 according to a later source: cut-away coat & white trousers, pelisse with mancherons & dresses with profusely trimmed hemlines

Mikhail Lermontov
MIKHAIL YUREVICH LERMONTOV Russian writer, depicted wearing the pelisse of the Imperial Hussar Guards Regiment

Man & Woman Costume 1806
Man: top hat, top boots, drab coat with sleeves padded & gathered at the shoulder, breeches. Woman: close bonnet, blue pelisse, short cape, vandyked falling collar

DRESSMAKERs BILL C1816
Maids dress: melon sleeves, deep v corsage, chemisette & ruff, apron & turban. Lady: white pelisse with scallop edging & ribbon trim, dress with ruff & decorative hem

Colonel-General in the French Hussars, Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France

Man and milkmaid, Prussian Silesia, 1818
Man and woman of Prussian Silesia, 1818. The man is courting a milkmaid. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal

Visitors in Pelisses
Guests at a fashionable salon, all wearing extravagent fur-lined clothes, jackets, dresses and pelisses. By the early 19th century, fur lined and trimmed cloaks, coats and jackets were all the rage

Russian military corps: Jaeger, Turk and Wallachian
Russian military: Hunter or Jaeger corps in shacko with horn and axe 1, mace and axe, and colonel in pelisse coat 3, Turkish corps in turban 4, and Wallachian soldier 5

National costumes of the Hungarians, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence

Captain of the Hungarian Guards, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

Masters of the Horse, Hungarian Army, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

LADIES PLAYING SOLITAIRE
Four fashionable ladies play solitaire. Date: Early 19th century

COSTUME FOR 1818-1819
Dress of 1818-1819 according to a later source. Man: greatcoat with velvet collar. Women: pelisse, spencer, white dresses ornamented with tucks, mancherons & flounces. Date: 1818 - 1819

Walking Dress 1819
Lemon coloured pelisse, trimmed at hem, collar & cuffs with 2 narrow fluted full flounces; large pink bonnet, red Parisian reticule & Marine boots. Date: 1819

Walking Dress 1805
London walking dress: white muslin gown & a lace edged, brown pelisse that fastens with gold clasps. Accessories: a fur muff, quizzing glass & Spanish hat with plumes. Date: 1805

Afternoon Dress 1800
One lady plays the mandolin while the other listens: both adorn their hair with plumes. The waists of both gowns are almost at the natural level or medium low. Date: 1800

COSTUME / MUFF / 1799
An extremely long tubular fur muff. Date: 1799

Hyde Park Parade Dress
Winter dress for promenading in Hyde Park: crimson pelisse & toque trimmed with ermine worn with a white muslin dress, crimson slippers & tan gloves. Date: 1808

Jean le Bon, John II, King of France, military costume.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

French & Swiss Women
Women of Strasbourg & a woman from Basle, Switzerland. Largely regional or National costumes but with ruffs (by this date were no longer fashionable). Date: 1644

Red & White Costume 1818
White woollen gown / pelisse with a broad red, velvet band at hem & cuffs & military style Brandenbourg cord trim on the bodice. A large red & white bonnet completes the outfit. Date: 1818

Fashions for February, 1844
Engraving of two women modelling The Illustrated London News idea of Fashion for February 1844. The full caption reads as follows: No.1

WOMEN & GIRL 1859-60
Vertical trimming is fashionable. The brown dress has a jacket body with long basques at the back & ornamented with black dots & a gathered trim

Paris Fashions ?1840
Yellow dress: bishop sleeves, skirt en tablier showing white underskirt, trimmed with scalloped edged lace. Hair: plaited & coiled at the back with ringlets round the face

Blue Pelisse 1824
Blue pelisse with sleeves full to the elbow (gigot / leg of mutton), button fastening & 3 tucks at the hem. Worn with a muslin, round-edged collar & feather trimmed hat

Morning & Evening Dress 1814
Morning dress: crimson velvet pelisse with front en militaire, lined with ermine & with matching caput; Evening dress: white satin with silver lace girdle & white fur tippet

MORN. & EVEN. DRESS 1814
Morning dress: purple velvet open pelisse with Andalusian sleeves let in with white; neck & sleeves of lace a la vandyke. Evening dress: white satin gown with accesssories

Walking Dress 1815
A long sleeved earth coloured gown (or possibly a pelisse worn over a gown) with a triple tier ruff. It is Worn with a green & red shawl and a bonnet with plumes

Morning Dress 1823
Morning Dress in blue-grey with lace cuffs & collar & a self-coloured, leaf motif decoration. The bonnet on the table is profusely decorated with lace, berries & leaves. Date: 1823

Garden Party Frocks 1911
Pelisse style coat with Directoire collar, large hats adorned with osprey & ostrich, high waisted gowns with narrow (hobble) skirts, over-skirt with a central split

Walking Dress 1807
White sleeveless pelisse with a split over cape that narrows to a point front & back. A long sleeve with a row of buttons is visible. Plus: gloves, parasol & hat

Morning Dress 1799
Two ladies in Morning Dress for September 1799 : one carries a tiny parasol while her companion reads a letter

Walking Dress / Muff 1819
Grey kerseymere pelisse with long sleeves falling over the hands. Trimmed with ruby coloured velvet at cuffs, epaulettes, and round the perimeter of the garment

Walking Dress 1818
Blue pelisse with military style Brandenbourg trim. The decorative cuffs & epaulettes have small, padded oval shaped detailing. Worn with a blue hat & red reticule

1818 WOMENs COSTUME
Late 19th century interpretation of costumes from 1818. Note the gown on the right which is copied from an origianl in Costume Parisien (see 10105684)

Costume for 1814
A young woman in a blue, fur- trimmed pelisse shows a leg. She wears a lace ruff, large bonnet, lace trimmed slippers and carries a pink shell shaped reticule

Fashions for Nov 1840
Dress with vertical detailing on the bodice & skirt, various capes & mantles: sleeveless opera mantle with armholes & a hood; tartan edged pelisse mantel

Misses Price 1825
The Misses Price: half, full, high & low! Costume includes: spencers, a fur-trimmed pelisse, feather trimmed bonnets, reticule & a fur muff

Ermine Muff 1840
Green pelisse-robe with cord fastenings down the front, on the reverse points of the cuff & the upper part of the bishop sleeves. An ermine muff & ermine & pink collar are worn

Competing with Peacock
Pelisse-robe of pink & grey vertical stripes open to reveal a white petticoat. Girl: short dress with open corsage & chemisette, flat, straw hat & fingerless gloves

Costume Photo / Webster
Redingote or pelisse-robe with button front, bishop sleeves with gathering & button detail, white cuffs & collar, a belt & a brooch worn at the throat

Costume / Baby in Pram
A baby wears a high pleated bonnet bordered with either ostrich feathers or white fur as is the matching pelisse

Fur Trimmed Pelisse 1838
Man: green frock coat, black velvet collar & cuffs. Woman: sable muff, burgundy silk pelisse trimmed with sable, green silk twill dress with a single flounce & bonnet

Bon Genre No. 91 Costume
A Paris street acrobat stands on one leg on a candlestick which her partner holds steady, while their child does a handstand and a mother gives her daughter a coin for them

Bon Genre No. 76 Costume
Triple vandyke ruff, habit shirt with high frilled neck, hems with rows of tucks or scalloped, coloured aprons or pinafores & a fur trimmed pelisse

Costume / Bon Genre C. 1816
Pelisse: roll collar & blue border, robe: scalloped cuffs, ruff & hem; robe: wrap-over body & transparent under- sleeves; tall plumed hats; green robe with vandyked hem

Costume / Le Bon Genre
Man: double-breasted cut-away coat, pantaloons, top hat & green overcoat with stand-fall collar. Women: white dresses with decorative hemlines, tall crowned hats, ruffs & pelisses

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