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Historic Women's Fashion Portraits

Vintage photographs of women in elaborate dresses from the 19th century, highlighting historical fashion styles and photography techniques.

Portrait of an unknown standing woman in dress with fur and hat, Anonymous, 1907 photograph The Angels baryta paper gelatin silver print historical persons - BB - woman. fashion show
Portrait of an unknown standing woman in dress with fur and hat, Anonymous, 1907 photograph The Angels baryta paper gelatin silver print historical persons - BB - woman. fashion show
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Costume study by Philipp von Schoeller on collodion paper with matt necklod paper, 1895.Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the province of Yanıa (Yanya), Ottoman Empire | Library of CongressA pair of Romanian women, in traditional National costume. A particularly fine example of the highly-decorative embroidery emplyed to decorate the skirts and chemise blouses of these beautiful outfits. Date: circa 1910ambrotype of woman in vintage dressNo matter how beautiful her clothes and jewels, a woman must look to her hair for the final touch that sets her apart from just another woman , Hairdressing, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United StatesCard Number 328, Kiralfy Troup, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-3) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (6.8 × 3.5 cm). Publisher: Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.). Date: 1880s.Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-3), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the third subset, N145-3. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Bearded man dressed in folk costume with knee pants, jacket and hat. National costume from Herrestads herald in Skåne 1820s. NordicStudio portrait of a young woman in a long black dress.Studio portrait of a woman in a convex checked skirt with matching vest ..Women's fashions: kimono, frontMoroccan Moorish Costume. A high class Moorish woman. Date: circa 1910sThe traditional costume of a young woman of the Ampezzo Region of Italy in the Dolomite Mountains. Date: circa 1910sA Moorish Gentleman in Moorish Dress, circa 1904Vintage Montreal Photograph Miss Moore Skating in fancy dress. 1867. Vintage Montreal, Canada Photography. Photo Credits: Wm. NotmanFrench postcard depicting a young woman 1900Chorus Line of German Dancing Girls, wearing many-layed dresses and large wide bonnets. Date: circa 1910sLéon Bonnat (1833-1922). "Portrait of Madame Georges Erhler". Oil on canvas. 1880. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 123057-7 Academism, red color, lace, in the foot, woman, glove, French painting, portrait, red dress, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, oil on canvasPhoto production of a painting of a portrait of an unknown woman dressed in fur, by El Greco, Leonida Caldesi, After El Greco, c. 1853 - in or before c. 1858 photograph photographic support albumen print historical persons not known by name - BB - womanfashion 19th century ladies' fashion two women with fancy dresses circa 1890,Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the province of Krid (Crete), Ottoman Empire | Library of CongressMlle Sanlaville dans Gisèle André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri French 1864 View more. Mlle Sanlaville dans Gisèle. André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, Paris 1819-1889 Paris). 1864. Albumen silver print from glass negative. PhotographsAnefo photo collection. Clothing. English fashion. 1945Fixing her garter | Library of CongressPortrait of a woman. Portrait of a woman in dress with a high-locked collar, closed with a brooch.Gentleman in Harris Tweet Suit with Plus Fours, holding a cigarette in an elegant holder. circa 1920sWoman with elegant headress | Library of CongressA woman mends clothing - 'Playing her part' for the War Effort back at home. Date: circa 1916Vintage portrait. Vintage portrait of a young girl. ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released Copyright: xZoonar.com/mikle15x 4381313 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property releasedLa Comtesse in robe de piqué or as Judith (?) 1860s Pierre-Louis Pierson French. La Comtesse in robe de piqué or as Judith (?) 261370Colored daguerreotype by Lorenzo Suscipj showing a young woman with narrow waist against a white background, produced in 1846.An albumin paper photograph by Carl Mahlknecht showing an actress in a male role wearing Spanish pants and white tights, in a framed exhibition format around 1885.Portrait of a woman in a dress, Numa Blanc & Cie., 1855 - 1865 visit card. photograph This photo is part of an album. cardboard. photographic support albumen print historical persons - BB - womanParis (France), 05/10/1909. Spring fashion news. The turban hat and the newest fabrics that have made their appearance at the Lonchamps races.The beautiful wedding gown worn by Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott. Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester shown in her wedding dress worn for her marriage to Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester in November 1935. Date: 13th November 1935, p323Caption: Cartridge silk cloth "Dress of all Nations" on display in Washington, D.C. The cape is made of white cartridge silk and adorned with embroidery featuring the colors of the Allies. The inside of the cape is tri-colored, with red, white, and blue. Photo taken by Lt. Lubbe on April 15, 1920.Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the province of Hodavindiguar (Hüdavendigar), Ottoman Empire | Library of CongressAn Algerian woman in gala costume, 1912. Artist: Neurdein freres.España. Tipo, traje típico.Dance mask "Toboggan woman" by Lavinia Schulz. .Couture House, March 1902 Fashion house. Anonymous photography. Draw at gelatin bromide of silver. March 1902.Elsevier photo collection. Queen Wilhelmina Prince Hendrik Hunting Costume 1 day announcement engagement. 17 October 1900Actress Elizabeth Firth (as Natalie, wife of Popoff) in Lehars operetta "The Merry Widow" wearing a plume laden hat - a style later named after the opera. Date: 1907Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the province of Surıyè (Syria), Ottoman Empire | Library of CongressSchoenmode, Editions Paul Martial, c. 1930 - c. 1935 photograph Paris photographic support gelatin silver printYoung woman in traditional traditional costume from Friesland, Germany, 1880, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century painting, original date not known, EuropeFemale dress from the time of Henry VI, (1910). Artist: Unknown1600s 17TH CENTURY MAN IN FASHION OF THE TIMES CAVALIER HIGH BOOTS SWORD CUMMERBUND AND LACE COLLAR LOOKING AT CAMERA CIRCA 1640Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the province of Yanı̈a (Yanya), Ottoman Empire, circa 1873Albanian woman wearing traditional Muslim clothes, early 20th century. Berlin, Rückwardt, Hermann, Museum of Art, Collection Riebeck, Equipment of a Tartar General. China, Clothing of a Man. Kashmir, Men's costume from Kashmir and costume of a Tartar general from China, from the collection of Emil Riebeck in the courtyard of the Museum of Art in Berlin, recto - printed, This print is part of a cover with 21 prints and 1 text sheet., photomechanical print, photographs, photographically illustrated books, Table XV., Format IV., No. 2416., Photographische Aufnahme und Lichtdruck von HERMANN RÜCKWARDT, Königl. Hof-Photographer, Berlin SW.(11, ) Dessauerstr. 4., height 227 mm, width 314 mm, German, 1845 - 1919, photographer, 1884 - 1884, paper, collotype, photoprint, cliché makerThe Czar and Czarina in old-world Muscovite garmentsPortrait of a young geisha. Geisha literally translates "person of the arts". Geishas are educated women who have been entertaining their mostly male society with dance, music and singing as guests in tea houses since the 17th century. They are also involved as operation at festivities. Visually, the geisha differs from the Kurtisan in details of their clothes, with the photographic staging on the historically correct wardrobe barely assessed. In the fantasy of the traveler of the 19th century, the craftsmanship of the geisha mixes with ideas of sexual availability. (Aya Fujita)Sorry mum, you'll have to leave your krinerline outside , Clothing & dressOutdoor Winter Costume. Kazumasa Ogawa (Japanese, 1860 - 1929)Isay, em. "Together". Gelatino-argentic draw developed. 1928. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 202247-30Property of Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France Madame Cerutti , (French - Propriété d' Albert Kahn , Boulogne , France Madame Cerutti). Woman, portrait, jewel, fashion, Human beings, clothing, Ms. Chérouthi 3, 918 France, Boulogne, Portraits, Mme CeruttiBride dress of Victoria LouiseMusum Summer Costume; Baron Raimund von Stillfried (Austrian, 1839 - 1911); Japan; 1870s - 1890s; Hand-colored Albumen silver printSorry mum, you'll have to leave your krinerline outside , Clothing & dressPortrait of a lady in a burgundy dress; Perzel, Bronis Aw (Fl. 1930); 1930 (1930-00-00-1930-00-00);The interwar period, contemporary painting, women's portraitsCostumes of the Patricians in the High Renaissance, 1520-1530, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th centuryItaly. Lazio. Female Costume Of Fondi. 1920Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the province of Selanik (Salonica), Ottoman Empire | Library of CongressThe core training was carried out in this fancy pelvic rotator in wood and velvet. English: The Old-Fashioned Form of Core Training Was Performed With This Fancy Pelvis-Twisting Apparatus, Made Of Wood With Velvet Trim.Two girls in historic clothing ..Girl in an old dress with ruffles and a big dark dog'How a girl should dress', 1907. Artist: UnknownGirl with Zig-zag Detail Dress black-and-white printsNot for author Lucie Delarue- Mardrus the long dress and the feathered hat : when she goes walking - which she does a lot - she wears this eminently practical outfit Date: 1910Traditional costumes in Friuli, photo by Attilio Brisighelli, Museum of Photography, Castello di Udine, seat of the State Museums, Udine, most important historical city of Friuli, Italy, Udine, Friuli, Italy, EuropeThe Ottoman Empire, studio portrait of models wearing clothing from Istanbul, Bourgeois Muslim man of Constantinople in Europeanized dress, servant carrying tray on head, Bourgeois Muslim man of Constantinople, photograph by Pascal Sebah, 1873.Swedish girl in bridal dressA cotton clothing tajik ", Aus dem Buch" through the Russian Turkestan "..Souvenir album of Paul Poiret's trip to Copenhagen. Walk in town. 1925. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Souvenir album, French Couturier, Fountain, Haute Couture, Mannequin, Voyage, City, PromenadeNICOLAS II. ZAR DE RUSIA. 1868 - 1918. EL ZAR Y SU ESPOSA CON EL TRAJE TIPICO DEL PAIS. GRABADO DE L ' ILLUSTRATION.The wedding march , Brides, Wedding clothing & dress, Weddings, Grooms Weddings, Wedding attendantsThe wedding march , Brides, Wedding clothing & dress, Weddings, Grooms Weddings, Wedding attendantsManchu women of the Forbidden City or Gugong in Beijing pose for a photograph c. 1910 in the very last days of the Manchu Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). They wear elaborate and expensive dresses. Their faces are whitened with powder, and their lipstick is applied in a narrow band across the centre of their lips following the fashion of the time.Young Japanese noble 1880Else Wohlgemuth as Maria Stuart, Role picture from Maria Stuart by Friedrich Schiller, Burgtheater, Franz Xaver Setzer -Fantasies Fredates of Pierrette, no. 1 ..clients and mannequins in the galerie, chez Paquin Date: 1910The wedding of Mr William Adrian Vincent Bethell to the Hon. Clarissa Tennant on 19 August 1915, featured on the front cover of The Sketch magazine. The bride wore a gown of white brocade with delicate embroidery of silver thread on the tulle net of the sleeves and neck and a train of ermine trimmed silver tissue. The groom wore, 'the only wear,' in other words, khaki as he was in the 2nd Life Guards. Date: 1915