Illustrations of Historical Dresses

Detailed clothing illustrations from various historical periods, featuring elegant designs and intricate embroidery in classic styles.

Edith Towner, Doll's Dress, c 1937 Doll's Dress

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. Blue dress with black basquine with blue decoration, model of Madame Ghys. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37795-20 Carton watercolor, black basquine, seamstress, blue decor, ghys house, female model, female mode, model, blue dress

Eleanor Gausser, Shaker Doll's Cloak, c 1939 Shaker Doll's Cloak

Dress. Dimensions: overall: 30 x 31.6 cm (11 13/16 x 12 7/16 in.). Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lucien Verbeke.

Rex F Bush, Nightgown, c 1938 Nightgown

Louis Maldarelli, Waistcoat, c 1937 Waistcoat

Max Max Furs. "Model drawing". pencil and ink on paper. 1911. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 146138-8 Fashion drawing, haute couture, feminine mode, feminine model female model mannequin

Josephine C Romano, Bolero Jacket, c 1940 Bolero Jacket

Charles Criswell, Cape, c 1936 Cape

Mary E Humes, Wedding Dress, 1940 Wedding Dress

Ballerina Marie Taglioni dolls dressed in costumes of La Bayadere, La Sylphide and William Tell by young Princess Victoria. Color plate after an illustration by Alan Wright from Frances H. Lows Queen Victorias Dolls, George Newness, London, 1894.

Cloth kontush, end of the 18th century - side view (style), from the collection of Marian Januszewski in the year 1919, subsequently in the collection of the National Museum of Warsaw since 1928. Frani, Zygmunt (1882-post 1932), draughtsman, cartoonist

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. White town dress, adorned with green bands and green pleated squares confined with white acorns, Mrs. Ghys model. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37795-15 Carton watercolor, green band, canton, green square, seamstress, white glans, ghys house, female model, female mode, model, white city dress

Joseph L Boyd, Child's Dress, c 1937 Child's Dress

Waistcoat. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 23 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: graphite and watercolor on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Melita Hofmann.

Doll. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 30.8 x 24.2 cm (12 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 12" high. Medium: watercolor and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Eugene Croe.

Nightgown. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 26.1 cm (14 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Evelyn Bailey.

Waistcoat. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30.2 x 22.7 cm (11 7/8 x 8 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, goauche, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Louis Maldarelli.

Fashion, France, 20th century. Women's fashion plate depicting mustard-colored cloth town dress with gathered satin trousers and black gloves, tie and hat. Paris, 1920.

Fashion image, clothing, hat, Unknown

Tail Coat. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30.4 x 22.9 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 30" long; bust: 39 1/2"; waist: 30 1/2". Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Virginia Berge.

Bodice. Dated: c. 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.7 cm (11 7/16 x 8 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Margaret Knapp.

Man's Vest. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35 x 24.6 cm (13 3/4 x 9 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lillian Causey.

Sketch of a woman - costume study for aplay?. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Waistcoat. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30.4 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Margaret Concha.

Toujours Chic Les Robes, Hiver 1921-1922: Dahlia. Print from catalog "Toujours Chic" in which an overview of the winter fashion 1921-1922 in 80 prints in Pochoir technique.

Boy's Dress. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 26.7 cm (14 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 26" long; 10 1/2" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edith Towner.

Robe de Cortège Faille Marron, Garni à l'Enveure Et aux Poches Broderie Or, Ceinture Lamé Or .. Evening juice from maroon faille. Fitted body with wide outstanding, tulip-shaped half-length sleeves and two slanted chest pockets. Round neck and button closure center front. Wide belt of gold lamé. Bell-skirt with slanted side buildings. Golden embroidery around the neck and the side pockets. In the lower right corner a piece of maroon faille. Price: 3,800 frs.

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. Evening gown; pleated bodice with neckline bordered by white lace; Green vegetable pattern skirt and bodice; First bubbed skirt and golden peas, row of ruffles and bubbed at the bottom of the skirt, Mrs. Ghys model. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860-1870. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37835-15 Watercolor on cardboard, Borde white lace, bodice, full bodies, decollete, female, young woman, skirt, house ghys, model-figure, female model, green vegetal pattern, dore peas, for couturiere, first bubble skirt, row flyer, Evening dress, Second Empire

Top Coat. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 45.5 x 37.9 cm (17 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Creighton Kay-Scott.

Man's Miniature Shirt. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.9 x 23 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sylvia De Zon.

Dress. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 28.8 x 22.9 cm (11 5/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nancy Crimi.

Girl's Pinafore. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.4 x 22.9 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Eleanor Gausser.

Print, Paper Doll Costume in Pink with Black Lace and Yellow Bodice; USA; lithograph, brush and watercolor on cream heavy wove paper

Haircut for a clipping top. .

Syrena Swanson, Child's Skirt, c 1936 Child's Skirt

Spotted Tridacna

Nightgown. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 54.8 x 35.4 cm (21 9/16 x 13 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Paul Ward.

Biedermeier Fashion. Artist: Urban Janke (Austrian, Blottendorf/Vienna, 1887-1914). Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (14 × 9 cm). Publisher: Wiener Werkstätte. Date: 1908. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Josephine C Romano, Jacket, c 1936 Jacket

Marie Mitchell, Waistcoat, c 1936 Waistcoat

Toujours Chic Les Deshabillés, Hiver 1921-1922: Rayon-d'Or. Print from catalog "Toujours Chic" in which an overview of the winter fashion 1921-1922.

Bessie Forman, Bonnet, c 1936 Bonnet

Back of a hairstyle for a clipping, anonymous, 1825 - 1875 paper engraving fashion plates

woman Cretan-Mycenaean period historical costume - woman Cretan-Mycenaean period of Knossos, stylized figurines from Heraklion 1600 BC ,property released Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 5026541 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Bonny paper doll clothing , Sleepwear, Dresses, Coats, Blouses. Phyllis Tyler Paper Doll Collection

Fashionable woman in a voluminous coat with broad fur trim at the collar and hem, holding a fur muff. Modes et Manieres d'Aujourd'hui, 1915. Lithograph by Marcel Bry after Georges Lepape from Raymonde Sees Le Costume de la Revolution a nos Jours, Editions de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1929.

Marie Famularo, Embroidered Collar, c 1937 Embroidered Collar

Costume design for the opera The golden Cockerel by N. Rimsky-Korsakov by Benois, Alexander Nikolayevich (1870-1960)/ Private Collection/ 1932/ Russia/ Watercolour, gouache, ink and pen on paper/ Theatrical scenic painting/ 31x24/ Opera, Ballet, Theatre

18th-century women accessories historical costume - set of 18th-century women accessories ,property released Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 5026411 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Rosalia Lane, Waistcoat, 1935 1942 Waistcoat

Silk kontush, Lithuania, c. 1790 - front and rear views in the scale of 1:5, from the collection of Marian Januszewski in the year 1919, subsequently in the collection of the National Museum of Warsaw since 1928. Frani, Zygmunt (1882-post 1932), draughtsman, cartoonist

Woman in afternoon dress of blue crepe. Handcolored pochoir (stencil) lithograph from the French luxury fashion magazine Art, Gout, Beaute, 1929.

Max Max Furs. "Model drawing". Ink on paper. 1911. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 146138-6 Fashion drawing, haute couture, feminine mode, feminine model female model mannequin

Bessie Forman, Evening Bodice, c 1937 Evening Bodice

Cape For An Ecclesiastical Figurine; silk, metallic yarns, sequins

Cloth case, Lithuania, around 1790 - views at the front and you on a scale of 1: 5, from the collections of Marian Januszewski in 1919, then in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw from 1928; Frania, Zygmunt (1882-Post 1932); 1919 (before 11.08.1919) (1919-00-00-00-1918-00-00);Januszewski Marian, 18th century, injuries, fashion, male, Polish costumes, clothing, men's clothes

Costume design for the opera Queen of spades by P. Tchaikovsky by Messerer, Boris Asafovich (*1933)/ A. Pushkin Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg/ 1964/ Russia/ Ink, Pastel on paper/ Theatrical scenic painting/ 65x45/ Opera, Ballet, Theatre

Coat. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 28.5 x 22.9 cm (11 1/4 x 9 in.). Medium: graphite and watercolor on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mae Szilvasy.

Original sketch made in 1953 of a woman skirt

Costume for Constanze c1913. Constanze, a Spanish lady betrothed to Belmonte, a Spanish nobleman, is held captive by Pasha Selim. 'Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail' ('The Abduction from the Seraglio'), comic opera in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), first performed at the Burghtheater, Vienna, July 16 1782. Libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie the younger (1741-1800) after the play by Bretzner. Design for a c1913 production at the Paris Opera.

Julie C Brush, Child's Jacket, 1935 1942 Child's Jacket

Dress for a clipping top. .

Edith Towner, Dolls Molly and Polly, c 1937 Dolls - Molly and Polly

Child's Dress. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 28.1 x 38.2 cm (11 1/16 x 15 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: waist: 23"; neck: 25"; front: 18" long; sleeve: 8 1/2"; armhole: 12"; width at bottom: 66". Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Evelyn Bailey.

Corset, Again an Undergarment, History of Corsets

Frane, Paris, costume sketch for Rosina for performance The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution, at Paris Opera

Fanny Feifalik -, hairdresser of the Empress Elisabeth, Emil Ronging -, photographer

Henry De Wolfe, Sugar Merchant's Suit, 1935 1942 Sugar Merchant's Suit

Fashion, Italy 20th century. Various ladies' petticoats. Page from Frette catalogue, 1911.

Embroidered Night Gown. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.4 x 27.4 cm (13 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 18" wide; 10" long. Medium: pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Evelyn Bailey.

Anaïs Toudouze (1822-1899). "Woman holding a fan and a pair of theater glasses". Drawing for engraving published in illustrated fashion, February 3, 1867, n ° 5. Corsage tulle, velvet and lace. Lead mine, white paper. 1867. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37850-1 Corsage Decollete, Lace, Drawing, Eventail, woman, appeared engraving, illustrated fashion, theater telescope, lead mine, number 5, pair, white paper, second empire, hold, tulle, velvet

Hussar armour (breast plate) from the collection of Piotr Moszyński in Kraków. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist

Baby Coat. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 27 cm (14 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edith Towner.

Francis Law Durand, Doll, c 1939 Doll

Costume design for the opera The golden Cockerel by N. Rimsky-Korsakov by Sarjan, Martiros Sergeyevich (1880-1972) A. Pushkin Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg 1932 Watercolour, Gouache on Paper 33,9x25 Armenia Theatrical scenic painting Opera, Ball

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BODIN. "Miss Brohan costume in the role of Mrs. Galochard (Vaudeville 1836)". Watercolor. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Actress, costume, french, vaudeville, watercolor

Officers dress uniform jacket of the 2nd Armed Infantry Division of the Polish Army, from the collection of Artur Oppman ; drawing for the publication: Dominika Jeżewskiego Skarbiec Zabytków Polskich znajdujących się w prywatnych zbiorach Warszawy, malow???????????????????. Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950), painter

Haircut for a clipper, anonymous, 1825 - 1875 paper engraving fashion plates

Anaïs Toudouze (1822-1899). "Five hairstyle models". Drawing for engraving published in "Le Moniteur de la Coiffure", May 1859. Sails and bridal hairstyles; Bun decorated with pearls. Lead mine, white paper. 1859. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37822-10 Bun, hairstyle, drawing, woman, flower, lead mine, pearl, portrait, second empire, sail

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