the mighty jane

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  1. fripperiesandfobs: Dress, 1884 From the RISD Musuem

    fripperiesandfobs:

    Dress, 1884

    From the RISD Musuem

     
     
  2. treselegant: ‘A New Self-acting Invalid Carriage.’ Cassell’s Magazine, 1880.

    treselegant:

    ‘A New Self-acting Invalid Carriage.’

    Cassell’s Magazine, 1880.

     
     

  3. my-ear-trumpet:

    I hate when people post interesting images without any explanation of what we are looking at. After two minutes of googling I found that the Images are of the Meigs Elevated Railway taken from Scientific American (July 10, 1886)

    (Source: cloudcircus)

     
     
  4. dandyads: The Fay Manufacturing Company, 1888

    dandyads:

    The Fay Manufacturing Company, 1888

     
     
  5. facesofthevictorianera: Princess Beatrice (mid 1880s)

    facesofthevictorianera:

    Princess Beatrice (mid 1880s)

     
     
  6. petitdictionnairelamode: Corset, c. 1880-1885. Courtesy of the Vienna Museum.

    petitdictionnairelamode:

    Corset, c. 1880-1885. Courtesy of the Vienna Museum.

     
     
  7. vintagechampagnefever: Victorian family portrait 

    vintagechampagnefever:

    Victorian family portrait 

     
     
  8. books0977: Young Girls at the Piano (La Leçon de piano) , ca. 1889. Pierre August Renoir (French, 1841–1919). Oil on canvas. Joslyn Art Museum. Young Girls at the Piano combines more exact drawing with the warm tones of Renoir’s earlier Impressionism. Here the glowing palette, the obvious affection of the two girls for one another, and their absorption in the music, as well as the comfortable surroundings, produce a reassuring image of domestic well-being. 

    books0977:

    Young Girls at the Piano (La Leçon de piano) , ca. 1889. Pierre August Renoir (French, 1841–1919). Oil on canvas. Joslyn Art Museum.

    Young Girls at the Piano combines more exact drawing with the warm tones of Renoir’s earlier Impressionism. Here the glowing palette, the obvious affection of the two girls for one another, and their absorption in the music, as well as the comfortable surroundings, produce a reassuring image of domestic well-being. 

     
     

  9. extranjero:

    magentawombat:

    celestialmazer:

    THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A DRESS

    Restored dress as worn by Ellen Terry in her 1888 portayal of Lady Macbeth.

    “When Ellen starred alongside Henry Irving in Macbeth in 1888, there was not a wide choice of fabrics available in England, and Alice could not find the colours she wanted to achieve her effects. She wanted one dress to ‘look as much like soft chain armour as I could, and yet have something that would give the appearance of the scales of a serpent.’ (Mrs. J. Comyns Carr’s ‘Reminiscences’. London: Hutchinson, 1926) Mrs. Nettlship found a twist of soft green silk and blue tinsel in Bohemia and this was crocheted to achieve the chain mail effect.

    The dress hung beautifully but: ‘we did not think that it was brilliant enough, so it was sewn all over with real green beetle wings, and a narrow border in Celtic designs, worked out in rubies and diamonds, hemmed all the edges. To this was added a cloak of shot velvet in heather tones, upon which great griffens were embroidered in flame-coloured tinsel. The wimple, or veil, was held in place by a circlet of rubies, and two long plaits twisted with gold hung to her knees.’

    the history blog.
    the guardian
    V&A 
    blogspot

    This post is sweet, pure costumer crack. 

    ‘look as much like soft chain armour as I could, and yet have something that would give the appearance of the scales of a serpent.’

    the sound that just came out of my mouth oh my god

     
     

  10. historicalcorsets:

    Duplex Corset, ca. 1885

    Illustrated metamorphic trade card depicting two women standing outside of a bedroom, one peeping through the keyhole of the closed door. The open flap shows a woman, “Mrs. Brown,” attired in a corset and undergarments looking at her reflection in a mirror.