theabominableseamstress
the abominable seamstress
Vivian | 24 | she/they | translation student | (fashion) history and art nerd | historical fencer | can't sew to save my life but will try anyway | posts mostly on historical fashion, art, and other history-related that happens to pique my interest
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Historia Botanica Practica - Giovanni Battista Morandi - 1744 - via e-rara
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Elegant Dress, c.1895
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Dress, British, circa 1795.
The MET Museum
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Robe à l’Anglaise
1740-1760
British
The MET (Accession Number: 2009.300.926)
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Girolamo Guiseffi, 1906. Detail from a wedding dress.
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La Mode illustrée, no. 6, 9 février 1896
Toilette d'étude pour jeune fille. Robe de chambre.
Student ensemble for a young woman. Dressing gown.
Modèles de chez Mmes Coussinet-Piret, rue Richer, 43.
Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney
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Dress
c. 1830
Silk embroidered with silk and metallic thread
The John Bright Collection
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Corset, C. 1891
France
Maison Léoty
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Drawing of Elizabeth Siddal reading (1854)
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Fencing lesson on a French vintage postcard
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La Mode illustrée, no. 8, 22 février 1874, Paris. Toilettes de Mme Bréant-Castel, 19 r. du 4 Septembre. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney
Description de toilettes:
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La Mode illustrée, no. 6, 11 février 1894, Paris. Robe de bal. Modèle de chez Mmes Coussinet-Piret, rue Richer, 43. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney
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Woman's Dress
England, circa 1865
LACMA
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-Calendar of cherry blossom-
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IT'S HERE AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL, LOOK AT IT!!
I spent so long unwrapping it that I was almost late for a class and couldn't try it out yet but I will do that now!
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Cape
Late 1890s
The John Bright Collection
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It's in the next village over already, it'll be here within the hour, I can't waittt I'm vibratingggg
My new feder is officially on the way and I've been obsessively refreshing the tracking page for the past three days as if that makes it arrive any faster. Give me my sword, I'm so excited I CAN'T WAIT
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