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Dress made for Queen Maud by Worth.

1912: Maud had a curvaceous figure that this dress seems to modify by extending the hip line downwards.

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Louise, Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball Gown.

It is described as, "A ball gown with an under-robe of cloth of silver, wrought all over with silver thread and brilliants, and with an over-dress of green and gold shot-silk gauze, embroidered to the waist with green and gold metalwork, decorated with jewels.

A long train of turquoise velvet, embroidered in gold to an oriental design, was attached to the shoulders. A bodice of gold cloth and lace was fitted over a whalebone corset into which her waist was tightly laced.

The dress was made for Louise, Duchess of Devonshire by the House of Worth to wear at the celebrated Diamond Jubilee Ball at Devonshire House. It was a fancy dress ball and Louise attended as Queen Zenobia, the warrior Queen of Palmyra. The Duchess may have got the idea for the theme of the dress from Inigo Jones's costume designs for Court Masques that are in the drawing collections at Chatsworth.”

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Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.

1874: This is a good example of the complex coiffures of the bustle periods with a wavy base, curly bun, and braided chignon - and a leafy headdress.

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Louisa, Duchess of Manchester

The Duchess is dressed for a glamorous occasion in an early crinoline era evening dress.

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The Duchess of Norfolk.

The Duchess of Norfolk wears a day dress with puffed, but not leg-o-mutton, upper sleeves and a waist band with a flat top and shallow-vee bottom. This could date to the time o her marriage in 1904.