1850s Fashion

Circa 1865 France Second Empire period An afternoon dress with train and large projected crinoline, bodice and skirt in blue silk "à l'antique" moire dating from the most extravagant...

Circa 1850 France Long French cashmere or Paisley shawl with a large vermilion red reserve dating from the early french Second Empire period. Very fine wool and silk weave with a si...

Nineteenth century France Beautiful blue and cream silk skirt dating from the mid-19th century. Large skirt with five sewn silk panels corresponding to the volume of a small crinoli...

Circa 1850 England Beautiful square woven shawl from England - Manufacture of Norwich or Edinburgh circa 1850. Very soft and shiny cream silk base with matching knotted silk fringe...

Rare old map of Paris in 1853, coming back from very far ! A true piece of history Will come with its card explaining this: "The original copies o...

Circa 1855/1858 France or Europe Beautiful day dress with large crinoline dating from the beginning of the Second Empire period. Cream silk taffeta with purple stripes, speckled in leopard-style Chiné silk, inspired by Louis XVI French Fashion. One-part dress with stapled front bodice, crew neck and angled sleeves. Beautiful musketeer finery in Chantilly lace and jet pearl...

Circa 1850/1860 Provence Beautiful dress of Provencal bourgeoisie in fashion of Paris in silk pongé printed in the eighteenth century taste. Silk background printed with a wooden plank with river decoration of flowered branches. Broken stick graphic with dominant yellow, black, pink, blue and green (obtained by superposition of yellow and blue). Dress in two parts, boned bodice with two whalebone, pagoda sleeves with punctured wrists, highlighted by falbalas with double ribbons of silk shaped pleated. Basques bodice open front and held by three ribbons revealing a piece of stomach or modesty in lace. Round skirt with hollow pleats and back staple on cotton belt. Bodice lined with cream glazed cotton and cotton gauze skirt...

Circa 1850 - 1860 France Paris (?) Beautiful long paisley shawl with vermilion red reserve dating from the Second French Empire period. Very fine cut-thrown weaving using eight col...

Purpose-built for sun protection, field bonnets were both utilitarian and decorative, as their ample brims offered prime surface area for embellishment. This one features four rows o...

Circa 1850 England A crinoline ball-gown in a rich deep blue façonné striped silk, adorned with brocaded tobacco and copper flowered stems. Whalebone bodice is assembled to the skir...