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Carte de Visite of a young lady
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Photographed by Remington’s, New York this carte
de visite shows a woman wearing the most fashionable
apparel of the early 1860s. For the first time,
women wore skirts and blouses, although the blouse
is covered with a jacket. That the skirt is deeply
pleated and extends more to the back than from the
front probably dates it around 1865. The skirt is
trimmed with starkly contrasting trimming in a Greek
key design, which was very stylish. The jacket was
most likely made of silk and trimmed with braid. |
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Division of Information, Technology and Society,
Photographic History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution
Behring Center
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