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• Robe à la Française. Date: ca. 1770 Culture: French Medium: Silk

• Evening Dress. Designer: Girolamo Giuseffi (American, 1864-1934) Design House: G. Giuseffi Ladies’ Tailoring Company, Design House (American) Date: ca. 1912 Medium: Silk satin, silk velvet, silk chiffon, silk net, pearls, rhinestones, sequins.

• Dress. Date: 1725–89 Culture: Danish Medium: Silk

• Wedding Dress: Bodice and Skirt. Date: 1862 Place of origin: United States Medium: Silk

• Dress. Designer: J. J. Milloy Date: 1887 Medium: Wool

• Dress. Date: 1840 Culture: American or European Medium: Straw

• Dress. Designer: Attributed to Girolamo Giuseffi (American, 1864-1934) Design house: Attributed to G. Giuseffi Ladies’ Tailoring Company (American) Date: ca. 1906 Medium: Silk satin, silk lace, silk net, silk chenille, silk taffeta, silk velvet, metallic threads.

ab. 1875 Woman’s Day Dress: Bodice and Skirt (Artist/maker unknown, American)

(Philadelphia Museum of Art)

• Women’s gala dress. Date: ca. 1870 Place of origin: Hungary

• Robe à l'anglaise".  Date: ca. 1780 Medium: Silk

Evening Dress

1910s

State Hermitage Museum

• Evening Dress of Empress Maria Feodorovna. Place of origin: France, Paris Manufacture, workshop, firm: Firm of Fromont Date: 1880-1881 Medium: satin, lace, Brussel lace, beads.

Evening Dress

Girolamo Giuseffi

1912-1914

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Robe à la Polonaise

1782-1787

Museu del Disseny de Barcelona

Robe a la polonaise, silk, 1780-5, American.

Jeanne Lanvin chiffon evening dress, I think 1930s. “Sleeveless cream silk with spaghetti strap and draped low cut neckline having a wide set-in waistband embroidered in a black geometric pattern with flowerheads, the skirt decorated with scattered flowerheads angling toward the knee and flaring with vertical geometric darts, side zipper, upper skirt lined in nude chiffon, interior ribbon waistband with Paris label and inked model number, matching stole with end border design.” Sold at liveauctioneers, lot 996 in November 2012. . . #historicalgarments #jeannelanvin #hautecouture #vintagestyle #truevintage #embroidery #wearart #artdeco #1930s #history #bordado #chiffon #Paris #costumedesign #couture #geometricpattern

Félix ball gown, 1880′s

From Whitaker Auctions

Coat, 1880′s

From Whitaker Auctions

Robe à l’anglaise, 1770′s

From Kerry Taylor Auctions

Dress ca. 1748, altered ca. 1780

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