1840s dress ball gowns

Lot 33 - A brocaded green silk taffeta ball gown, mid - Estimate 500-900 GBP

I rather expected that last week’s 1810s Rate the Dress wouldn’t be hugely popular, not in the sense that people wouldn’t like it, but in the sense that it wouldn’t attract lots of comments. It’s not

There’s something about 1840s fashion that instantly enchanted me; was it the dark colours, Gothic influence or sentimentality and melancholy of Post-Romanticism that dragged me into this bea…

I am currently writing a story set in 1840s Yorkshire castle. My protagonist, Amelia, always wears dashing dresses, even if a don’t describe them (unfortunately I can’t describe every s…

Olga Kalinowska, first love of Emperor Alexander...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria, the second-longest reigning monarch in British history. And there's no better way to commemorate her than with a royal tour.

From the Museum of Vancouver

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Dance," December 17, 1986–September 6, 1987.The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "From Queen To Empress: Victorian Dress 1837–1877," December 15, 1988–April 16, 1989

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