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19th Century Costumes from the Victoria and Albert Museum as seen in "Old English Costumes" c.1908

Part 2 1830-1880

Plate 38. A speculator in the East. 1816-40.

Plate 39. A quaint fawn silk pelisse and velvet bonnet. 1835-45.

Plate 40. An embroidered muslin dress and apron. 1825-35.
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Four Hundred Years of Fashion (V&A Costume Collection)

English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century 

Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwoman's Dresses and Their Construction: c.1660-1860

Plate 41. A court train and embroidered dress. 1835-45.

Plate 42. A grey morning coat of flowered chintz, with nankeen trousers. 1830-50.

Plate 43. A cotton pelisse. 1830-40.

Dueling pistol set in wooden case Russian dueling Pistols

Clothes and Crafts in Victorian Times (Clothes and Crafts in History)

The Cut of Women's Clothes, 1600-1930

Plate 44. A printed cotton dress, with "leg of mutton" sleeves and a fine double caped fichu. 1830-37.

Plate 45. A polonaise dress of William IV. reign.

Plate 46. The early Victorian frock. 1837-47.

Iron hot press Historical Iron 19th-century spinning wheel Spinning Wheel

Ingres in Fashion : Representations of Dress and Appearance in Ingres's Images of Women

Plate 47. An embroidered coat, with a lovely silk gauze skirt. In fashion between 1850 and 1860.

Book Cover. (Same as above)

Plate 48. A grey silk dress with flowered stripes and a pretty apron. 1848-58.

Waisted efforts : an illustrated guide to corset making

French Fashion Plates of the Romantic Era in Full Color : 120 Plates from the 'Petit Courrier Des Dames,' 1830-34
 Fashions and Costumes from Godey's Lady's Book

Plate 49. A crinoline dress of embroidered muslin. 1855-65.

Plate 50. A dress of striped gauze. 1847-1857.

Plate 51. A huntsman of the early 19th Century.

Period Costume for Stage & Screen : Patterns for Women's Dress, 1800-1909, 

English Costume from the Seventeenth Through the Nineteenth Centuries

Video: How to Dance Through Time Vol 01: The Romance of Mid 19th Century Couple Dances  Whistler, Women & Fashion

Civil War Gentlemen : 1860's Apparel Arts & Uniforms

Civil War Ladies : Fashions and Needle-Arts of the Early 1860's

Victorian Debutante Paper Doll Civil War Fashions Coloring Book

HOW TO DANCE THROUGH TIME Volume V: Victorian Era Couple Dances

Plate 52. A three-flounced ball dress of pink silk with overdress of white flowered gauze, 1850-60.

Plate 53. Victorian riding dress 1850-80.

Plate 54. A Victorian revival of the sack-backed dress. 1860-70.

Plate 55. A Victorian muslin dress. 1850-60.

Plate 56. A crinoline dress of Spanish colour scheme embroidered with posies. 1850-60.

Plate 57. An afternoon dress of green and pink silk. Very typical of the modes between 1868 and 1878.

Plate 58. A ball dress of embroidered muslin. 1850-60.

Plate 59. A plain dress of charming character, in bright blue silk. 1860-70.

Go Backwards to the 18th Century plates from this book.

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