American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs

By Priscilla Harris Dalrymple

Book Overview

Over 280 rare photographs document the clothing of ordinary men, women, and children from the 1840s through the 1890s, in what appears to be their Sunday best. Bustles, hoops, pantalets, shirtwaists, top hats, waistcoats, bowlers, other Victorian-era attire, as well as hairdressing and tonsorial styles. Introduction to fashions of each decade.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486265331
• ISBN13: 9780486265339
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 9.0" x 12.0"