Late 19th Century Evening Dresses and Gowns

Circa 1880-1900 China Kimono coat in densely embroidered midnight-blue silk satin in stem stitch and bow stitch dating from the late Qing period. Kimono cut with wide sleeves, slit...

Verlaine Vintage presents this absolutely exquisite dress by Karl Lagerfeld. As seen on the enchanting Marpessa Hennink and Veronica Webb in the Karl Lagerfeld campaign, this dress e...

Circa 1885 France Elegant day dress with a large bustle, Princess line, of a metropolitan bourgeois woman in Burgundy damask satin. The dress is in two parts, with whalebone bodice,...

Circa 1880- 1900 South Tunisia Rare Berber Djellaba or Djebba that I bought in Matmata at the doors of the desert and dating from the end of the 19th century. Sheep wool background woven on handloom and dyed from cochineal red to brick colour with colour variations. Traditional floche silk embroidery on the open collar, shoulders and sleeve opening with matching tassels. Small pink woolen bias on the rubbing parts. Plastron with very nice arabic-andalusian graphics. The 19th century North African pieces...

Circa 1895 France Amazing historiscist reception dress dating from the Belle Epoque with a wink to the 17th century Tudors in England or the Medici in...

Circa 1885 France Day, visit or half-mourning dress in the style said upholsterer, bodice attached to the skirt, carrying a small bustle cage. Boned crew-neck corsage and long sleeves with small leg of mutton at the shoulder. Cuff rolled up in anthracite silk moire, velvet and fitted back with small pointed tail. Complete with its faceted buttons in marcasite buttoned at the front and at the cuffs. Collar and cuffs with revers underlined by velvet. Attached to the bodice, large part in moire and silk brocaded carnial purple velvet. Decor in river with stylized flowers imitating the embroidery and to fold the volume backwards. Belt finely pleated and knotted back to emphasize the hips, and ending with trimmings tassels. Skirt in the same way with ruffles of flat folds in the bottom, piping in brush, and interior ties in cotton making it possible to adjust the volumes or roll up to à la polonaise...

This charming Victorian dress is a combination of hand made Irish lace and hand embroidered cut work in a floral pattern on fine white handkerchief linen. The high Irish lace collar...

1898 Black jacquard damask silk dress with ruban ruffles around neck and bottom edge. Lining in silk jacquard as well with ruffles on the bottom edge. Tiny buttons to close the dres...

This very rare larger size Victorian white handkerchief linen dress is embellished with both hand and machine made lace. The linen is embroidered on the shoulders, bodice, sleeves an...

Circa 1895 France or Europe Beautiful lady’s day dress in anthracite gray silk dating from the French Belle Epoque. Dress in two parts, curved bodice with pointed Basques, Mutton sleeves...

Circa 1870/1875 France. Day dress with princess, two-part bodice and skirt on a bustle cage. Sky-blue taffeta decorated with starched cream gauze called tarlatane, finely wrinkled and crenellated à la grecque. Boned bodice with long basque closing in front by matching curved buttons. Long skirt with train adorned with the same furbelows. Volume of the bouillonné skirt in pouf projected at the back that can be raised by a system of brass rings and cotton cords. Exhibit in "Falbalas, Portraits et Mode au féminin 1850 - 1930" (Falbalas, Portraits and Fashion Female 1850 - 1930) at the Museum of Art of the City of Toulon in 2017. There a brown stain under the pocket, really hard to notice. A yellowish spot on the skirt at the bottom right, only defect. Otherwise clean dress and very good structure of silk and cotton. Good condition of color and conservation. Dimensions: Equivalent French Size 36 Front height 139 cm Back height 209 cm Shoulders 36 cm Collar 5 cm Sleeve 50 cm Chest 82 cm Waist 61 cm Hips 118 cm Circumference of the skirt 355 cm Facing the drawbacks of long trains of the late Second Empire, revive the principle of à la polonaise...

Circa 1875-1880 France Troisième République Period A bustle cage dress and peplum over dress in Eau du Nil challis and lustrous pink taffeta silk. Historicist inspiration of the Louis XIII style by the small puffed sleeves and the berthe collar of the dress. As well as of the Louis XV style by the peplum overdress with a polonaise retroussé effect and its large basques judiciously superimposed. Generous work of ruched appliqué ruffles with hems made by sewing machine. Piping braids, knots, and flat pleats work in a contrast effect between the shiny taffeta and the matt challis. A few moth holes, a small hole and a halo located on the front skirt and the waist belt (not visible because covered by the overskirt). Very good condition of color and conservation Dimensions : Presented on mannequin size 32/34. Small size. Height 122 cm Shoulders 37 cm Collar 3 cm Sleeves 46 cm Chest 80 cm Waist 62 cm When around 1868, the Princess of Metternick was first seen in a Worth dress known as the Peplum withouh crinoline, the muse of the imperial salons of the Second Empire, she set the tone for a simplification of the silhouette towards a fashion less marked of etiquette. In the same way, the princess line launched at the same period, a draped dress without seams at the waist between the bodice and the skirt, designed a fashion suitable for ceremonies as well as for city or walking ensembles: dresses with a system that allows the skirt to be raised by a system of inner cords also facilitate walking and the progressive development of women's sports. Between 1870 and 1890, the old crinoline cages underwent several morphological evolutions: from the half whale cage in the shape of a pouff or a false butt, to the bustle cage, the most extravagant model of which was the folding chair with articulated cushion, the female silhouette only became lighter very gradually. The upholstery style is still very much in vogue, with its drapes, braids and pleats, but is superimposed in several pieces of clothing: paletots, corselets with straps, boleros, visits and removable overskirts with aprons or à la polonaise...