Antique Bustle Dresses

Circa 1885 France Elegant day dress with a large bustle, Princess line, of a metropolitan bourgeois woman in Burgundy damask satin.

Circa 1880-1890 France Day dress with integrated Bustle cage, by petite Bourgoisie, bodice and skirt in aubergine/chocolate silk faille, trimmed with chestnut moiré and dating from t...

Circa 1880-1885 United States Cage dress with turn-up, two-part princess line, whalebone bodice and turn-up skirt in beige and brown silk taffeta. Curved bodice, crew neck and long...

Circa 1880-1885 United States Cage dress with turn-up, two-part princess line, whalebone bodice and turn-up skirt in beige and brown silk taffeta. Curved bodice, crew neck and long ...

Circa 1885 France Day, visit or half-mourning dress in the style said upholsterer, bodice attached to the skirt, carrying a small bustle cage.

A supremely elegant 1930s gown, made of high quality brocade with metalic threads by a seamstress (no maker tag). Typical unlined 1930s construction with a ruched decolletage, low V...

The clothing is a kind of short bustle dress with a white lace petticoat, an overskirt, and a bodice in maroon satin with cream-colored ribbons.

Two-piece set consisting of full-length bustle dress and coordinating overskirt with variable hem.

New Indo-Nepalese hand-knotted 100% wool rug, inspired by Classic Persian designs and a rebellious generation which eliminate the traditions to create a modern expression. This rug h...

Vintage Couture c.1890's silk bodice and skirt set. Front of bodice has multicolored floral devore velvet fabric. Black ottoman leg of mutton sleeves. Three ornate hand painted butto...

Remarks from Lawrence Jeffrey: “It’s just as easy to imagine these earrings worn to a ball with a lacy, bustled, Victorian era dress as it is to pair them with a little black dress.

A wonderful oil on panel by French Impressionist painter Henri Duhem depicting a bustling scene of elegantly dressed people leaving the Opera in Paris.

This is one of my most favorite, late 1930's vintage evening gowns because of its striking color combination and its dramatic silhouette. The black crepe gracefully follows the conto...

Dolce & Gabbana; black silk spandex figure hugging evening dress. - Lambskin leather grommet trim - Open on both sides with lace up fastenings - Invisible side zip closure ...

A beautiful pale yellow silk dress from Pierre Balmain. It is semi fitted skimming the body with a crew neckline and long sleeves adorned along the outside with dozens of silver saf...

A stunning brilliant yellow green silk bodycon dress from Thierry Mugler. It has short sleeves and is semi fitted through to the asymmetric hemline. The upper chest, upper back and ...

This black silk evening gown by John Galliano, from his Fall/Winter 08/09 Collection is one of those moments: a love letter to the art of couture at its most theatrical and refined. ...

Gerard Thomas (Antwerp 1663-1720) Attributed to The Artist's Studio Oil on canvas (99 x 115 cm - in frame 70 x 86 cm) This fascinating painting, depicting the interior of an ar...

A great white cotton dress with some stretch from Jean Paul Gaultier. The bodice has straps crossing front and back and the straight skirt has hip pockets. There are grommets of vary...

A large Mid-20th Century oil painting landscape depicting a figure near a boat with a beautiful sailboat in a Marina in France with other sailboats in the distance. This piece has a ...

▪ Christian Dior black and red floor-length dress and snood ▪ Designed by John Galliano ▪ Vertical fringe stripes ▪ Rabbit-fur snood ▪ Figure-hugging ▪ Spaghetti straps ▪ Sold ...

Designed by John Galliano for the Givenchy Couture spring/summer 1997 collection; his last collection for the label. Galliano only designed for the fashion house for 2 years which ma...

Study for Ruth Gathering Wheat The Painting is monogrammed bottom left side Provenance: Notes: This is the full scale version of Ruth in Pharoah's Fields exhibited at the Royal Acad...

Apollo and Marsyas Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Lucca 1708 – Rome 1787) circle oil on canvas (65 x 83 cm. - framed 84 x 102 cm.) Provenance: Private collection, Rome The subject...

This Victorian dress has it all! Made from a very fine handkerchief linen it has a high neck, exquisite floral embroidery, a very generous amount of heart patterned lace insertion, ...