Old Rags

Suits and evening mantle, 1900 the Netherlands, De Gracieuse

Evening dresses and evening mantle, 1899 the Netherlands, De Gracieuse

Walking dress, 1900 the Netherlands, De Gracieuse

Miss Liselot Van Leeuwenhoeck displays her kills for the day.

Catalogue page showing walking dresses and suits, 1906 the Netherlands, De Gracieuse

Check out the stuffed birds on the middle lady’s hat.  This kind of thing was relatively common from the late Victorian era to the Edwardian era, unfortunately.  No but wtf why would you want the (sometimes dismembered) corpses of birds staring down at you with unmoving glass eyes?

Day dress, ca 1802 England, the Bowes Museum

Portrait of Mrs Claus in Bridal Dress by Emile Claus, 1886 the Netherlands, Musea Oost-Vlaanderen in Evolutie

Empress Elizabeth of Austria in court dress, ca 1875

Catarina de Bragança by Dirk Stoop, ca 1660-61 Portugal (?), National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of Marie-Blanche Vasnier by Jacques Emile Blanche, 1888 France, Musee du Petit-Palais

Shoe, ca 1790, Black Country History

The buckle is from the 19th century.

Shoes with clogs, ca 1715 England, the Bowes Museum