… ladylike, soft, and demure, or at least their clothing was. Delicate dimity patterns and pretty pastels were a favorite in the Early Victorian years around 1840.
(The Countess d’Hessenville strikes the pose of the ideal woman of 1845)
… ladylike, soft, and demure, or at least their clothing was. Delicate dimity patterns and pretty pastels were a favorite in the Early Victorian years around 1840.
(The Countess d’Hessenville strikes the pose of the ideal woman of 1845)