The Dead Leafs

Portrait of Lillie Langtry, 1877 - oil on canvas

An extant men's ensemble from c. 1833: coat and trousers of British make (Metropolitan Museum of Art collection).

Handbook of English Costume in the 19th Century, by Phillis and C. Willett Cunnington, describes the men's suit of the 1830s:

The tail coat was double-breasted or single-breasted; the cut-in now square; the collar high behind with rolled lapels turning low for full evening dress. The waist was rather short (until 1836) and the skirt at first scanty — ‘scarcely perceptible’ (1831.) — but becoming fuller and longer by 1838. The corners were rounded.

The sleeves, long and close-fitting, ceased to be gathered at the shoulders soon after 1832 although slight gathers sometimes persisted into the 1840s. The cuffs were usually slit (the French riding cuff) with two buttons in the cuff and sometimes two above; the corners of the cuff, from 1838, might be rounded off.

Bildnis eines Herrn im schwarzen Gehrock, mit Orden, Albert Theer, 1843.

Josef Benesch, Eduard Ender, 1840.

Der Industrielle Maximilian Todesco, Friedrich von Amerling, 1846.

Navy Beaded Afternoon Dress

c. 1907-1912

Pendant

mid 18th century

gold, quartz, silk, hair

England

Buy Me a Coffee

Les Robes de Paul Poiret racontées par Paul Iribe, planche 10

Oeuvre de Paul Iribe (1883-1935) 1908

Vintage German postcard. Gustave Liersch & Co, No. 1541/5. Mailed in France in 1908.

Library Table

According to the site, the piece was (unfortunately) intended as a monument to William Henry Vanderbilt because of his wealth and international influence. I like it much better separated from that legacy and imagine it as tribute to the beauty of the heavens and earth.

Evening Gown

c. 1848-1849

by Edward Molyneux