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English fashions, 1863

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There are five women and a little girl depicted outside a ballroom. The woman on the left wears her hair in waves accented with a gold hairpiece or ribbon around the back. Her dress is a dark blue with a jewel neck and long sleeves. There are black stripes and black triangles around the neck, ends of the sleeves, and hem of the skirt. In front of her is a little girl carrying a basket of flowers. Her hair is in a snood with a pink band and a pink bow. Her jumper dress has pink straps and a black on gray tattersall plaid skirt, which is full and reaches just below her knees. There is pink trim on the hem and pink bands down the skirt at intervals from the waist. Her white shirt has long sleeves and a narrow ruffled collar with a pink bow tie. She wears pink boots. Next to her, the woman wears her hair back in a bun, dressed with deep rose pink ribbons in a classical style. Her shirt is white with a narrow collar and long sleeves and a pink bow tie. The yoke and cuffs have lace and tucks. From her bust to her hips she has a rose pink midpiece with buttons down the center front, a scalloped hem, and white lace edging. Her skirt is gray with a stripes and arches of black trimming the hem. Her accessories are pendant earrings. The woman next to her wears her hair...
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