I have three photos which show gowns from the 1840s like you are describing. There are two photos of extant gowns and one is a photograph of a bunch of women. The address to the folder is: http://s522.photobucket.com/albums/w344/my_stitching/For%20Elizabeth%20Walpole/ I could probably come up with a few more images if you need them.
Teena ________________________________ From: Elizabeth Walpole <elizabeth.r.walp...@gmail.com> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Sun, June 26, 2011 4:21:01 AM Subject: [h-cost] 1840s question Hello everyone, I'm trying to pin down some plans for some taffeta I bought a while ago. When I bought it I had a picture in my mind of what I thought of as a 'typical' 1840s dress with a very plain dart-fitted bodice (perhaps with a pointed waist) and tight sleeves. But now that I'm actually looking at images and extant garments that look like what I'm thinking of. What I've seen is either a shirred/fan front bodice with plain fitted sleeves or a darted bodice with rather more complicated sleeves (e.g. the puff below the elbow or some variation on a trumpet/funnel shaped sleeve) So essentially what I'm asking from the collected 19th century wisdom on this list, is my idea a rarity or non existent or perhaps it belongs to another era. Elizabeth -- ------------------------------------------ Elizabeth Walpole http://magpiecostumer.wordpress.com/ http://magpiecostumer.110mb.com/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
