Tea gown

From the seller: legant couture 1860’s Civil War Ball gown over coat in amazing condition. French Pastel cream watered silk fabric with pink Roses. Embellished with the best carved Mother of Pearl buttons, front and back. A sewing masterpiece with front and back rows of gorgeous ruching, and also on the sleeve armyces intense cartridge pleating. Aside from a few tiny hold to light pinholes and a little seam opening in the back it is in excellent condition. No stains, ripping, tears or real…

This looks very comfortable and its opulence is worthy of a Tsaritsa. The bands of trim of the dress and coat match.

This was worn by the wife of one of the great American bankers of the 19th century, J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943). It exemplifies the grandeur of Worth clothing among wealthy Americans, who aspired to be associated with European royalty

“bring!! back!! tea gowns!!!!”

Well, I appear to be on a theme roll, because once again I’ve picked a dress with front view vs back view. This one is quite intentional though: it’s a tea gown with a specific over-robe effect. Last Week: an early 1860s dress in blue floral silk Last week’s dress was the opposite of the week before’s. A fortnight ago you liked the back view but not the front, last week you loved the front, but if you had any quibbles it was that you thought the additional back tails were awkward and…

Happy Halloween! Since we are never too old to play dress up for Halloween I thought I'd have some fun with my Victorian paper doll that I've given a Gothic makeover to. Goth Girl Glam for Halloween The doll on the right is from my Vampire Bride set of dolls posted - HERE and I've created another slightly different version of her for this post. Goth Girl dressed in Black For this version my Goth Girl is dressed in black rather than white. And I've created a fun costume sheet so she can play…

Silk tea gown, ca. 1885, Liberty & Co. (British, f. London, 1875)

I can’t remember where I got the idea, but I’ve been wanting a Victorian tea gown for a while now. What’s a tea gown? It started off as a casual morning wrapper to be worn for inf…

This evening dress made between 1908-1910 was worn by Maud Messel. It is made of silver gilt lame, covered with light green silk chiffon, embroidered with rosettes in pearls and glass. The dress has a...

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