Vintage Dress Designs

Artistic renderings of vintage dresses from the 1930s and 1940s. Rich details and floral patterns in watercolor and graphite capture historical elegance.

Mae Szilvasy, Dress, c 1936 Dress

Al Curry, Costume Doll, c 1938 Costume Doll

Afternoon Dress. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 40.8 x 30.7 cm (16 1/16 x 12 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nancy Crimi.

Afternoon Dress. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 37.6 x 30.4 cm (14 13/16 x 11 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ray Price.

David P Willoughby, Wedding Dress, c 1936 Wedding Dress

Embroidered Dress & Mull Cap. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 36.9 x 26.1 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ella Josephine Sterling.

Dress. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.9 x 26.5 cm (14 1/8 x 10 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lillian Causey.

Lillian Causey, Dress, c 1937 Dress

Dress. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 45.6 x 38.4 cm (17 15/16 x 15 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nancy Crimi.

Dress. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.4 x 22.9 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jessie M. Benge.

Mary Fitzgerald, Wedding Dress, 1935 1942 Wedding Dress

Mina Greene, Woman's Coat, 1935 1942 Woman's Coat

Arelia Arbo, Plaid Morning Dress, c 1937 Plaid Morning Dress

Dress. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.6 x 23 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.

Empire Wedding Dress. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.8 cm (11 7/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.

Wedding Dress. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.6 x 22.5 cm (12 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Melita Hofmann.

Arelia Arbo, Wedding Dress, c 1937 Wedding Dress

Ella Josephine Sterling, Embroidered Christening Robe & Cap, 1936 Embroidered Christening Robe & Cap

Charles Criswell, Dress, 1935 1942 Dress

Dress. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 43.2 x 35.5 cm (17 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: shoulder to hem: 21 1/2" long; skirt: 14 1/2" long; sleeve of jacket: inseam: 6", outseam: 9". Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Virginia Berge.

Melita Hofmann, Dress, c 1936 Dress

Woman's Coat. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.5 x 22.1 cm (11 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Margaret Concha.

Edith Towner, Doll Charlotte Blankenship, c 1937 Doll - Charlotte Blankenship

Josephine C Romano, Doll, 1935 1942 Doll

Creighton Kay Scott, Design for Bodice, 1935 1942 Design for Bodice

Bodice. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.2 cm (11 7/16 x 8 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 14" long; sleeves: 18" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nancy Crimi.

Mae A Clarke, Dress, c 1937 Dress

Post Female in a long dress with a bow; Makowski, Tadeusz (1882-1932); 1908-1910 (1908-00-00-1910-00-00);Portraits, female portraits, purchase (provenance)

Melita Hofmann, Doll, c 1936 Doll

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. Gray town dress, decorated with blue stripes with the ruffles of the sleeves of the bodice, Basques of the Blue Corsage, skirt decorated with blue stripes. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860-1870. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37830-15 Watercolor on cardboard, blue Basque, female, blue tag, gray, young woman, decorated skirt, ghys house, bodice handle, female model, female model, ornae, for couturiere, city dress, second empire, flywheel

Max Max Furs. "Model drawing". pencil on paper. 1911. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 146136-10 Fashion drawing, haute couture, feminine mode, feminine model female model mannequin

Fashion Plate no. 353 from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes, Imprimerie Mariton, French, active mid-19th c., Laure Noël, French, 1827 - 1878, Hand-colored engraving on paper, Fashion plate from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes., Paris, France, 1861, Print, Print

Żupan to fit under a kontush, brown grosgrain and grey canvas, 1780s - side view (style) in the scale of 1:5, from the collection of Marian Januszewski, region of Kowno, in the collection of the National Museum of Warsaw since 1928. Kotarbiński, Mieczysław (1890-1943), draughtsman, cartoonist

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. White town dress with blue basquine, model of Madame Ghys. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37796-11 Watercolor on Carton, album, blue basquine, seamstress, young woman, Ghys house, cane-digure, white town dress, second empire

Lillian Causey, Petticoat, c 1936 Petticoat

Dress. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 41 x 33.7 cm (16 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Arelia Arbo.

Margaret Concha, Child's Coat, c 1937 Child's Coat

Dorothy M Gerhard, Small Cravat, 1935 1942 Small Cravat

Doll - "Lydia". Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 48.9 x 38.2 cm (19 1/4 x 15 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 15 1/2" long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Anne Colman.

Woman in violet taffeta bonnet, white gauze butterfly, hair in ringlets, royal blue caraco and petticoat trimmed with yellow taffeta, lace fichu, yellow fan and slippers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Jean-Antoine le Brun or Lebrun-Tossas Journal de la Mode et du Gout, previously Cabinet des Modes, Chez Buisson, Paris, and Joseph le Boffe, London, 21me Cahier, 15 September 1790.

Doll. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 50 x 31.7 cm (19 11/16 x 12 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 16" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francis Law Durand.

Roberta Spicer, Woman's Coat, c 1936 Woman's Coat

Girl's Dress. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 38 x 30.2 cm (14 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: bust: 21"; waist: 20"; neck to hem: 36 1/2" long; sleeves inseam: 11 1/2"; jacket: 81/2" long; waist: 21"; cape: 6" long; 40" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nancy Crimi.

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. Town dress, open jacket with two basques in a point decorated with a green bias and lined with white lace, a skirt with green bias bordered by a white embroidered steering wheel raised by two green legs on a second white ruffle skirt rhythmic rhythmic rhythmic Green legs, Mrs. Ghys model. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860-1870. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37836-9 Watercolor on cardboard, Basque in point, Bordee White lace, feminine, young woman, skirt, house ghys, model-figure, female model, ornate green bias, green paw, for couturiere, city dress, second empire, open jacket, steering wheel White embroidery, white folding steering wheel

Zurich female costume study Ren� Marjolin (1812-1895). Study of female costume Zurich (Switzerland). Graphite pencil on blue gray paper, 1833. Paris, museum of romantic life.

Evelyn Bailey, Infant's Dress, c 1936 Infant's Dress

Doll: "Carrie". Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 11 1/2" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edith Towner.

Mina Lowry, Walking Doll (Mechanical), c 1936 Walking Doll (Mechanical)

Märta Thua's daughter from Gerrestads Härad "pencil drawing of woman in full figure suit, large format by Otto Wallgren Nordic

Design of Roxanas costume for Cyran de Bergerac. Drabik, Wincenty (1881-1933), draughtsman, cartoonist

Max Max Furs. "Model drawing". pencil on paper. 1911. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 146136-6 Fashion drawing, haute couture, feminine mode, feminine model female model mannequin

Josephine C Romano and Edith Towner, Doll Nellie Bates, c 1937 Doll - Nellie Bates

Doll - "Charlotte Blankenship". Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 26.7 cm (14 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 17 1/4" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edith Towner.

Dress. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 46.1 x 37.9 cm (18 1/8 x 14 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Florence Earl.

Esther Hansen, Dressing Gown, 1935 1942 Dressing Gown

Mae A Clarke, Coat, c 1937 Coat

Syrena Swanson, Dress, c 1936 Dress

Anonymous, 620 / Organi dress, / bodice in / real lace, / embroidered / hand and fold skirt. / Ribbon belt / of different colors (title given by the author), 1924. Palais Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris.

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. White evening dress adorned with blue and flying knots, Madame Ghys model. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37830-9 Watercolor on cardboard, white, feminine, young woman, house ghys, model-figure, female model, blue knot, tall, for couturiere, evening dress, second empire, steering wheel

Mary Fitzgerald, Doll with China Head, 1935 1942 Doll with China Head

Two studies of a young woman in fashionable dress: 1.Standing and glancing down. 2. Standing by ladder, circa 1980, by Karl Sim, Petrus van der Velden.

Costume. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 45.5 x 36 cm (17 15/16 x 14 3/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mary E. Humes.

Doll in Plaid Dress. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 42.5 x 27.9 cm (16 3/4 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 18 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Beverly Chichester.

Wedding Dress. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 44 x 36.3 cm (17 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Arelia Arbo.

Doris Beer, Apron, c 1936 Apron

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. City dress; Pilgrim jacket bordered by black lace, two false pockets and rounded basque descending on the skirt bordered by black lace like reverse sleeves; bottom of the geometric frieze skirt bordered by black lace, MADAME GHYS model. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860-1870. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37835-1 Watercolor on cardboard, rounded basque, black lace, false pocket, female, young woman, geometric bordering skirt, black lace bordee skirt, ghys house, reverse handle, female model, female model, for couturiere, city dress, second Empire, jacket in pelerine bordee, back view

Daniel Marshack, Petticoat, c 1940 Petticoat

Sylvia De Zon, Corset, 1935 1942 Corset

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. Blue town dress, with black knot on the neck, buttoned bodice in front, sleeves with pleated ruffles and swollen white cuffs, skirt decorated with pleated flywheels, MADAME GHYS model. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860-1870. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37831-17 Watercolor on cardboard, blue, bunner bodily in front, female, young woman, ornated skirt, house ghys, hand handle, white cuffly cuff, female model, female model, black knot on the neck, for couturiere, city dress, second empire , Folding folding

Fashion Study: Woman in a White Floral Dress 1875-1900 Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Fashion Study: Woman in a White Floral Dress. Anonymous, French, 19th century. 1875-1900. Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, watercolor, heightened with white. Drawings

Print, Paper Doll Costume with Dotted Pattern and Emerald Green Bows; USA; lithograph, brush and watercolors on cream heavy wove paper

Max Max Furs. "Model drawing". Ink on paper. 1911. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 146137-9 Fashion drawing, haute couture, feminine mode, feminine model female model mannequin

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. White evening dress whose skirt is underlined with pleated pink -over -bred flyers with knots, driving from the bottom decorated with pink knots, Ms. Ghys model. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37794-7 Watercolor on Carton, album, Couturiere, young woman, Ghys house, modeling, pink knot, white evening dress, Second Empire, flying fly

Child's Dress. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 45.9 x 38 cm (18 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: bodice: 4 5/8" long; shirt: 12 1/4" long; width of skirt: 41" ; width of waistband: 5/8"; langth of sleeve from under shouldet to edge of ruffle: 3 3/4"; waist measure: 23". Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gertrude Lemberg.

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. White evening dress, with red passageway forming borders with black lace, 2 -fried full -flushed flutes superimposed and bordered with black lace, belt with bouquet of pink roses, rows of pleated stages and bordered with black lace in the bottom, model by Madame Ghys. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860-1870. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37832-14 Watercolor on cardboard, white, black lace borde, belt with bouquet, bouquet, two, pleat floor, female, bordee bordee black lace, young woman, house ghys, female model, female model, red passage enclosure, for seamstress, steering wheel, flying row, Evening dress, pink pink, second empire, folding plenty overlap

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. Green town dress, decorated with darker green rectangles bordered by black lace, MADAME GHYS model. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37796-15 Watercolor on cardboard, album, seamstress, decor, black lace, young woman, ghys house, model-digger, dark green rectangle, green city dress, second empire

Richard II (in red), costume sketch for Henry Irvings 1898 Planned Production of Richard II. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Wedding Gown. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 37 x 28.3 cm (14 9/16 x 11 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lucien Verbeke.

Fashion Study: Woman in a White Floral Dress. Artist: Anonymous, French, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/16 x 7 3/4 in. (28.1 x 19.7 cm). Date: 1875-1900. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Costume studies (sketch for clothing in Poland) the figure of two standing women in long dresses. Sketch of the episcopal throne two sided drawing Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

Always chic the dresses, winter 1921-1922: Elienne, 1921 - 1922 Print from catalog "Toujours Chic" in which an overview of winter fashion 1921-1922 in 80 prints in Pochoir Techniek. paper letterpress printing fashion plates

Hank Moran, Apron, c 1938 Apron

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. Town dress, short green and yellow jacket on stored ruffled dress adorned with a green and green braid, model of Madame Ghys. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37795-12 Watercolor on cardboard, couturiere, green frieze, green braid, Ghys house, cane-digure, model, steering wheel, city dress, yellow green, short jacket

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. White evening dress with bubbed and blue skirt garnished with blue knots, model of Madame Ghys. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860-1870. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37833-3 Watercolor on cardboard, white, bubble, feminine, young woman, blue skirt, ghys house, model-figure, female model, knot, for couturiere, evening dress, second empire

Max Max Furs. "Model drawing". Ink on paper. 1911. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 146138-30 Mode drawing, haute couture, feminine mode, feminine model, feminine model female mode mannequin

Edith Miller, Woman's Nightgown, c 1938 Woman's Nightgown

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. Green town dress, adorned with sleeves, in front of bodice and in the bottom of a white square frieze framed with black and black flowers sticked with white, model of Madame Ghys. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37830-2 Watercolor on cardboard, bodice, black frame, female, white stitching flower, white square frieze, young woman, house ghys, female model, female model, ornnee handle, for couturiere, town dress, second empire, green

Virginia Berge, Girl's Dress, 1935 1942 Girl's Dress

Waist. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.8 x 22.6 cm (11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 21" at waist; sleeves: 23" long; length of waist: 10". Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sylvia De Zon.

Randolph F Miller, Skirt, c 1936 Skirt

Print, Paper Doll Costume in Black with Red Shawl; USA; lithograph, brush and watercolors on cream heavy wove paper

Embroidered Jacket. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30 x 23 cm (11 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: colored pencil, pen and ink, and silver paint on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Isabelle De Strange.

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. White town dress, adorned with pink geometric friezes, Madame Ghys model. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37795-8 Cardboard, white, seamstress, geometric frieze, Ghys house, modeling, model, town dress, pink

Isabelle De Strange, Embroidered Jacket, 1935 1942 Embroidered Jacket

Charles Pilatte for the Ghys house. Model-figure for seamstress. Evening dress with purple jacket bordered by black lace, with cut Basques, embroidered ruffles, serrated frieze punctuated by pink knots bordered black lace, model of Madame Ghys. Watercolor on cardboard. 1860-1870. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37834-14 In Basque Decoupee, Watercolor on Carton, Bordee Black Lace, Feminine, Lancelee frieze, young woman, Ghys house, Figure model, female model, for couturiere, evening dress, rhythm of pink knot, Second Empire, purple jacket, brade embroidery

Gladys Cook, Basque, c 1936 Basque

"Dutch" Doll. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 50.6 x 36.3 cm (19 15/16 x 14 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Beverly Chichester.

Hollandaise. - Chapeau de velours. Veste et jupe de velours garnies de satin. Brodequins de velours ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

Anne Colman, Doll Martha Ann, c 1937 Doll - Martha Ann

Una joven, mestiza. Asuncion, Justiniano. 1841. Drawings, Manuscripts. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Women , Clothing & dress , Philippines

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