One of my life mottos is, “If an era doesn’t have crazy hair, I don’t want to know about it.” So, while I’m not sure if I absolutely LOVE the 1830s, I very much respec…
One of my life mottos is, “If an era doesn’t have crazy hair, I don’t want to know about it.” So, while I’m not sure if I absolutely LOVE the 1830s, I very much respec…
Hooray, we finally made it to an event that didn't get rained (or snowed ) out! Yesterday my friends and I went to the historic village ...
One of my life mottos is, “If an era doesn’t have crazy hair, I don’t want to know about it.” So, while I’m not sure if I absolutely LOVE the 1830s, I very much respec…
One of my life mottos is, “If an era doesn’t have crazy hair, I don’t want to know about it.” So, while I’m not sure if I absolutely LOVE the 1830s, I very much respec…
One of my life mottos is, “If an era doesn’t have crazy hair, I don’t want to know about it.” So, while I’m not sure if I absolutely LOVE the 1830s, I very much respec…
One of my life mottos is, “If an era doesn’t have crazy hair, I don’t want to know about it.” So, while I’m not sure if I absolutely LOVE the 1830s, I very much respec…
"London Evening Dress". Pink dress and fur boa. Fashion plate from an English publication, possibly the Ladies' Pocket Magazine. Mid 1830s.
One of my life mottos is, “If an era doesn’t have crazy hair, I don’t want to know about it.” So, while I’m not sure if I absolutely LOVE the 1830s, I very much respec…
A superb Georgian antique day dress dating to the early to mid 1830s - a brilliant and rare example of the ' imbecile ' sleeve style, they don't get much more 1830s than this ! One piece, in a medium weight smooth cotton, pale yellowish beige ( a little yellower than it appears in the images ) with an all over print of exotically illustrated flowers and foliage on a background of wavy stripes, in reds, yellows , blues and browns. The bodice is fitted, fastening at centre front with hooks, with a round neck and piped edges. The waistband is self fabric, with a small tab that crosses to one side ( no hooks on the tab, and no sign that there ever were, the dress was possibly originally worn with a separate belt ) The narrow dome skirt is pleated in to the waist all around, with an opening to one side to access a pocket. Fabulous huge gigot sleeves, known colloquially at the time as ' imbecile ' sleeves - huge balloons at the shoulders, extra long, tapering to narrow cuffs with buttons and piped edges ( i've shown the sleeves fully extended and stuffed , originally they would have been worn with separate inner supports or pads to achieve the desired shape ) CONDITION Mostly very good - the colour has slightly faded in areas, with slight age related discolouration and scattered very small marks. A few very small repairs that look period, the most obvious on the front of the bodice, a small tear patched from the inside with the original fabric. The hooks are missing at the top of the bodice, and one from the waist ( possibly also from the waist tab as mentioned ) Approx measurements - bust 32.5 waist 26 shoulder 14.5 skirt front length 39 IMPORTANT INFORMATION - The pieces i sell are often over 100 years old and rarely in perfect condition, i make every effort to describe and show any faults, so PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION, READ THE CONDITION REPORT, STUDY THE IMAGES AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS before buying. If you receive your item and there is a problem that wasn't mentioned in the listing please contact me and i will be happy to rectify the situation. Measurements are approximate, and usually taken on the stand on the outside of the garment, please ask if you need accurate measurements.I sell all pieces as i find them, as a result vintage / antique items may have a musty odour. Colours on your screen may not be 100% accurate to the item.
I’ve adored the craziness of 1830s fashion for years: the ridiculous hair, the big sleeves, the delicate ballet slippers. Then last fall I bought a set of fat quarters from Moda’s Little Miss Sunshine line. I fell in love with all the strawberry prints, but the green colorway in particular caught my eye. It’s not+ Read More
In the 1830s, Jules Pellier invented a sidesaddle design with a second, lower pommel to the sidesaddle. In this design, still in use today, one pommel is nearly vertical, mounted approximately 10 degrees left of top dead center and curved gently to the right and up. The rider’s right leg goes around the upright, or fixed pommel, which supports the right thigh of the rider when it is lying across the top center of the saddle. The lower right leg rests along the shoulder of the left (near) side of the horse and up against the second pommel (called the leaping head or leaping horn.) which lies below the first on the left of the saddle. It is mounted about 20 degrees off the top of the saddle. This pommel is curved gently downward in order to curve over the top of the rider's left thigh, and is attached in a manner so that it can pivot slightly, to adjust to the individual rider. The rider places her left leg beneath this pommel, with the top of the thigh close or lightly touching it, and places her left foot in a single stirrup on that side. Mrs. Esther Stace riding sidesaddle and clearing 6'6" at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, 1915, a feat made possible because of the leaping horn. The impact of the second pommel was revolutionary; the additional horn gave women both increased security and additional freedom of movement when riding sidesaddle, which allowed them to stay on at a gallop and even to jump fences while fox hunting and show jumping. With this design, nearly all recreational equestrian pursuits were opened to women, yet they could also conform to expectations of modesty. For example, a world record in sidesaddle show jumping was set at 6 ft, 6 inches at a horse show in Sydney, Australia in 1915. The leaping horn was the last major technological innovation for the sidesaddle and remains the core of basic design even for saddles of contemporary manufacture made with modern materials.
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Finely engraved advert Birmingham 1830s
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Karl Briullov (or Bryulov); mainly for the elaborate hairstyle, though the black dress is appealing too. Alexander Briullov, 1830 Alexander Briullov, 1832
In my quest to do as many decades of popular European fashion history as possible, I always assumed the 1830s would be the LAST I'd ever hit up. Those crazy sleeves! Those uber-feminine prints! THAT HAIR! But for some reason, after seeing this gown on Etsy (it's still there for a cool $3800) I really started to get the burning desire to jump in: There seem to be quite a few examples like this in museums -- light ground cotton, with floral print, geometric, or a combination of both. Armed with that knowledge, I bounded off to Thousands of Bolts (my go-to website for inexpensive cotton) and found a great pink floral-and-geometric to fit the bill. It arrived, I cut into Truly Victorian's TV455, and apparently I was SO excited that apparently I didn't take a single progress picture until I hit this point: But then I started running into some issues, namely that even though I have the Bootstrap dummy which is made to my size, I didn't have the confidence that I was fitting it correctly. I have joint issues that make some movements really uncomfortable so I almost NEVER make a back-closing gown which I hate taking off and on, and the frustration of this made me sew up the back and open it instead down the front seam, just like the gown that inspired me on Etsy. I also cut down and rounded the neckline a bit more because I felt like it was just too high and restrictive. Here you can see it opened up down the front as I'm also trying to draft a couple of types of pelerines, the large cape-like shawls that were so common to the era. Being that this is such a light cotton and most likely to be a summer-time frock, I wasn't too fond of the idea of big puffy hot pillows bound to my upper arms to pad out the ludicrous sleeves. Luckily, I had stumbled across Kendra's great blog post on drafting her sleeve supports, and there is some historical precedence for these 'crinoline' type of boned puffers! I sewed up a little sleeve cap insert and added a heavy-duty zip tie to the bottom (ok, it's two taped together because I don't think they come that long) like a tiny hoop-skirt. I ended up having to soften the edge of it with a quick and dirty tulle ruffle because it was showing too harshly through the very light cotton of the gown sleeve, but that only adds to the puffery. Not sure why I was watching Emma while doing 1830s things but hey And it WORKED. Boy howdy did it work: KAPOOOOFFPH. Hi neighbors, don't mind me in my dress with built-in WaterWings. I chortled when I saw these pictures. A lot. There's something about just full-on embracing a really ridiculous style that tickles me pink, and I'm SO glad I went for it. These shoes were an exciting find to me -- Target flats with quite square toes (too bad I took this picture in the grass where you can't see it, but they are really a great shape). I sewed some ribbon ties onto them and they're just about perfect. The dogs weren't too happy because there were no butterflies to be had, so I stalked them instead in the yard. I opted not to go full-crazy in making a corded petticoat (sorry, not THAT obsessed with this era) and instead wore my quilted puffer petticoat and felt like it did the trick. If I wear this to an event, I might try starching a light cotton petticoat to go over that for even more oomph. Was I wearing a corset or stays? Nnnno. My hair is all my own....because I bought it. I actually have hair down to my waist but it neither curls nor cooperates, so the side-curls are 'sideswept bangs' from Amazon, wrapped around foam rollers and dunked in boiling water for a minute, then left to completely dry before removing the curlers. They're great because I can clip them in for any number of historical hairstyles...1710s, 1810s, 1830s....I could probably even pin them to the very front of my forehead for that funny curly mop look in the 1880s. The braids are also hairpieces wrapped around my real bun. Throw a few flowers in for a springy look....but keep reading for when things get wild. I made my own gold 'torpedo' earrings, and got into that weird shoulder-necklace trend as well with some box-chain from Etsy, then whipped up a sheer pelerine and combined it with my Regency chemisette for the extra whitework look. The pin is an actual antique piece, and the 'belt buckle' is just a brass stamping from Etsy with a wire slider glued to the back of it. But wait, there's more! 😂 For the fun of it, when the weather started getting chillier, I also made a self-fabric pelerine, seen with some museum extants. For some reason it makes everything feel very 1990s Laura Ashley to me, but I'm nostalgic so I can roll with that. I think this would be a great piece for traveling or even just a breezier outdoor stroll, to both protect the dress and cover the neckline and shoulders a little more for warmth. Much pink. Very geometric. Large overstuffed Grandma-chair. And then I reallllly lost my marbles and tried an 1830s formal hair-style. It wouldn't have been worn with a day gown like this, but there are a few fashion plates out there that make me think I could insert short sleeves and more lace around a lowered neck-line and get away with it: So I pulled out ALL my hairpieces, birds, flowers, feathers, you name it... And there we have it. Peak Ludicrousness. I snorted a lot, giggled a lot, and considered going to the grocery store like this because who WOULDN'T find a little joy in seeing something this silly and extra? 💖
There is nothing like a classic Southern wedding to welcome you back from the weekend! From the beautifully renovated 1830s bridal suite to the long driveway lined with oak trees leading up to the perfectly Southern plantation, I can personally attest to how absolutely gorgeous The Oaks Plantation is. My sister-in-law was married there and […]
If you’re new to hand piecing but not new to quilting you may have never considered making your patchwork by hand or consider making patchwork by hand as a crazy endeavour! Before sewing machines were invented (in the 1830’s!) how do you think vintage quilts were created… by hand.
