#1850s

[la-belle-histoire]

Victoria, Princess Royal. Unknown artist. 1856.

[danskjavlarna]

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I've encountered quite a few vintage human giants in the course of my research.

[random-brushstrokes]

William James Webbe - The White Owl: "Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits" (1856)

[cinematic-phosphenes]

A Roman Lady (1858) by Frederic Leighton

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[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Day dress, 1857, Scotland.

[fashionsfromhistory]

Sashiko Jacket

1850-1899 (Meiji Era)

Japan

Sashiko is a quilting technique that uses a running stitch to reinforce and prolong the life of a textile or to join together recycled pieces of cloth into a new garment. Japanese farmers used the technique to create warmer and more durable fabrics, and decorative sashiko stitching developed from this practical function. This robe’s embroidered design is dominated by three variations on the pattern of interlocking circles, called shippō-tsunagi. The bottom band features a design of waves.

The MET (Accession Number: 67.172.1)

[fordarkmornings]

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)

Three Graces Garlanded with Roses, 1856

[eirene]

Dante and Virgil Meeting The Shades of Francesca Da Rimini and Paolo, 1851 Ary Scheffer

[history-of-fashion]

1854 Franz Russ the Elder - Portrait of two sisters in the garden

(Private collection)

[frostedmagnolias]

Evening dress

maker unknown

c. 1859-1860

Glasgow Museums

[cmonbartender]

The Palace of Art (1857) - Dante Gabriel Rossetti

[clove-pinks]

Eighteen-fifties man being silly in the photography studio, what will he do!

[danskjavlarna]

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Before the "flower children" of the 1960s hippie movement, there were these vintage flower people.

[random-brushstrokes]

Rudolf Koller - Cow in a Cabbage Field (1857-1858)

[catsofyore]

Cat by Window. Ca. 1850. Isn't it beautiful that we've been taking pictures of cats since the very beginnings of photography? Source.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Card case, 1850, Europe.