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Feather Cape | V&A Museum | c. 1895

Wow… Beautiful. 

French fashion doll from 1885 in her original costume. Accession Number: T.137-1930

(Source: collections.vam.ac.uk)

Robe à l’anglaise made in the United States from Indian import cotton circa 1785 to 1793. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Accession Number: 1955-98-9

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Woman’s domestic surcoat (waitao) Han Chinese Qing Dynasty circa 1870 to 1880. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Accession Number: 50.2479

Woman’s gown made in Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) in the 1860s. V&A. Accession Number: 399-1869

(Source: collections.vam.ac.uk)

Woman’s evening bodice and skirt made from satin, silk and lace circa 1885.  Philadelphia Museum of Art. Accession Number: 1955-98-2a,b

Woman’s dress made in 1885. V&A. Accession Number:T.7&A-1926

(Source: collections.vam.ac.uk)

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Pair of child’s shoes from France, possibly the 17th century, made from linen and gilt threads. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Accession Number: 38.1363a-b

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Evening dress from the French House of Paquin circa 1900-1905. The Met. Accession Number: 1977.118a

A furisode from the Edo period circa the late 18th-early 19th century. LACMA. Accession Number: M.39.2.7