LibGuides: Fashion and Clothing History: 18th and 19th Century

18th & 19th Century Clothing and Textiles

c. 1785, oil on canvas, Self Portrait with pupils Marie Capet and Marie Carreaux de Rosemond, by Adelaide Labille-Guiard, France
1878-82, wool jacquard and silk trim, women's mantle made from paisley shawl, India and Great Britain
c. 1842 from "Journal des Modes et de la Littérature", France
1795-1800, Indian printed cotton gown, Great Britain
1818, print on paper, "A Dandy Fainting: or an Exquisite in Fits", Robert Cruikshank, Great Britain
late 1770s, Chinese painted silk gown, France or Great Britain
1747, brocaded silk with gold metal thread, men's coat and pocket, Anna Maria Garthwaite, Great Britain
1878, pigment on canvas, Madame Charpentier and her children, Auguste Renoir, France
1883, cotton, leather, whalebone, and steel, women's corset, Great Britain
c. 1730-1780 men's suiting fabrics, silk, wool, cotton and metal, Great Britain
1869-70, silk, detail of women's gown bustle, M. Vignon, France

Overview of 18th and 19th Century Fashion

Survey of Historic Costume
GT580 .T67 2010
Four Hundred Years of Fashion
GT733 .F68 1992
A Visual History of Costume: The Eighteenth Century
GT733 .V57 1983
Fashion: a history from the 18th to the 20th century
GT580 .F374 2006
Clothing and Fashion
E-book link: https://tinyurl.com/yytbb296
Historical Fashion in Detail: the 17th and 18th centuries
GT585 .H37
Reigning Men
TT617 .L67 2016
Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898
GT595 .B56 1974
Costume Close-Up
TT507 .B38 1999
Fashion Plates
TT509 .C34 2015
A Visual History of Costume: The Nineteenth Century
GT733 .V57 1983

More Details on 18th and 19th Century Clothing

1700-1800 overview

1700-1800 in depth

1800-1900 century overview

1800-1900 in depth

1700-1900 how clothes were made

1810-1900 pattern manuals (reprints)

1850-1910 vintage photographs

18th-century Fashion in Detail by Avril Hart; Susan North; Henrietta Clare
Dress in the Age of Jane Austen by Hilary Davidson
Dress in Eighteenth-Century Europe, 1715-1789 by Aileen Ribeiro
The Dress of the People by John Styles
Eighteenth Century French Fashion Plates in Full Color by Stella Blum (Editor)
Fashioning Fashion by Sharon Sadako Takeda; Kaye Durland Spilker; John Galliano; Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
Fashion World - Modney Swait by Ewa Orlinska-Mianowska; Lech Majewski (Designed by); Piotr Ligier (Photographer)
Handbook of English Costume in the Eighteenth-Century by Cecil Willett Cunnington; Phillis Cunnington
Regency Era Gown Construction
This website, put together by Hope Greenberg at the University of Vermont, contains a detailed breakdown of early 19th century fashion silhouette, construction, and garment layers.
Reigning Men by Sharon Sadako Takeda; Kaye Durland Spilker; Clarissa M. Esguerra
A Visual History of Costume: The Eighteenth Century by Ribeiro, Aileen

The Art of Dress by Aileen Ribeiro
Clothing and Fashion by José Blanco F. (Editor); Patricia Kay Hunt-Hurst (Editor); Heather Vaughan; Mary Doering (Editor)
Costume Close-Up by Linda Baumgarten; John Watson; Florine Carr
The Culture of Clothing by Daniel Roche; Jean Birrell (Translator)
Dress in the Age of Jane Austen by Hilary Davidson
The Eighteenth-Century Woman by Olivier Bernier; Metropolitan Museum of Art Staff
An Elegant Art by Los Angeles County Museum of Art Staff
Fashionable Encounters by Tove Engelhardt Mathiassen (Editor); Marie-Louise Nosch (Editor); Ringgaard (Editor); Kirsten Toftegaard (Editor); Mikkel Venborg Pederson (Editor)
The Politics of Fashion in Eighteenth-Century America by Kate Haulman
Pretty Gentlemen by Peter McNeil
Sexing la Mode by Jennifer M. Jones
What Clothes Reveal by Linda Baumgarten

19th-Century Fashion in Detail by Lucy Johnston; Marion Kite; Helen Persson
The Age of Napoleon by Katell Le Bourhis (Editor)
Dress in the Age of Jane Austen by Hilary Davidson
Edwardian Ladies Hat Fashions: Where Did You Get That Hat? by Peter Kimpton
English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century by C. Willett Cunnington
Evolution of Fashion 1835-1895 = Roman Isho Ten by Kyoto Costume Institute
Fashion: a history from the 18th to the 20th century by Akiko Fukai
Fashions and Costumes from Godey's Lady's Book by Stella Blum
Federalist and Regency Costume by R. L. Shep
French Fashions of the Romantic Era in Full Color by Judy Johnson
From Queen to Empress: Victorian Dress, 1837-1877 by Caroline Goldthorpe
In Style: celebrating fifty years of the Costume Institute by Jean L. Druesedow; Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jane Austen Fashion: fashion and needlework in the works of Jane Austen by Byrde, Penelope
Nineteenth-Century Women's Fashion by Felicity Warnes
Nineteenth Century Fashion by Penelope Byrde
Threads of time: the fabric of history, profiles of African American dressmakers and designers, 1850-2002 by Rosemary E. Reed Miller
Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898 by Stella Blum (Editor)
A Visual History of Costume: The Nineteenth Century by Foster, Vanda

The Age of Napoleon by Katell Le Bourhis (Editor)
Dressed As in a Painting by Kimberly Wahl
Dressed for the Photographer by Joan L. Severa
Fashion in European Art by Justine De Young (Editor)
Fashion Plates by Karen Trivette Cannell (Editor); April Calahan; Anna Sui (Foreword by)
The Female Economy by Wendy Gamber
The House of Worth by Chantal Trubert-Tollu; Françoise Tétart-Vittu; Christian Lacroix (Foreword by); Fabrice Olivieri
The House of Worth by Amy de la Haye; Valerie D. Mendes
Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity by Gloria Groom (Editor)
The Opulent Era by Elizabeth A. Coleman
Pantaloons and Power by Gayle V. Fischer
The Politics of Women's Work by Judith G. Coffin
Reforming Women's Fashion, 1850-1920 by Patricia A. Cunningham
A Seasonal Industry by Mary Van Kleeck
A Separate Sphere by Cynthia Amnéus
Staging Fashion, 1880-1920 by Michele Majer (Editor); Leonard Berlandstein (Contribution by); Sheila Stowell (Contribution by); Marlis Schweitzer (Contribution by)
Corsets by Jill Salen
Dress in the Age of Jane Austen by Hilary Davidson

18th-century Fashion in Detail by Avril Hart; Susan North; Henrietta Clare
19th-Century Fashion in Detail by Lucy Johnston; Marion Kite; Helen Persson
The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking by Lauren Stowell; Abby Cox
Corsets by Jill Salen
Corsets and Crinolines by Norah Waugh, ed. byJudith Dolan
Costume Close-Up by Linda Baumgarten; John Watson; Florine Carr
The Cut of Men's Clothes, 1600-1900 by Norah Waugh
The Cut of Women's Clothes by Norah Waugh
Embellishments by Astrida Schaeffer
Fashion in Detail by Avril Hart; Susan North
Fashioning Fashion by Sharon Sadako Takeda; Kaye Durland Spilker; John Galliano; Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
Federalist and Regency Costume by R. L. Shep
Fitting and Proper by Sharon A. Burnson
Making Victorian Costumes for Women by Heather Audin
Patterns of Fashion, v.1: 1660-1860 by Janet Arnold
Patterns of Fashion, v. 2: 1860-1940 by Janet Arnold
Patterns of Fashion, 5: 1595-1795 by Janet Arnold, Jenny Tiramani, et al.
Patterns of Fashion, 6: 1695-1795 by Janet Arnold, Sebastien Passot, et al.
Underwear by Eleri Lynn

59 Authentic Turn-of-the-Century Fashion Patterns by Kristina Harris
Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques by Kristina Harris (Editor)
Authentic Victorian Fashion Patterns by Kristina Harris (Editor); Michael Harris (Editor)
Bustle Fashions 1885-1887 by Frances Grimble (Editor)
Butterick's 1892 Metropolitan Fashions by Butterick Publishing Company Staff
Civil War Gentlemen by R. L. Shep; Peter Dervis (Notes by)
Civil War Ladies by R. L. Shep (Editor)
The Complete Guide to Practical Cutting (1853) by Edward Minister; R. L. Shep (Editor)
Corsets by R. L. Shep
Directoire Revival Fashions 1888-1889 by Frances Grimble (Editor)
Dress and Cloak Cutter by Charles Hecklinger; R. L. Shep
Early Victorian Men by R. L. Shep (Editor); George Walker; Charles William Day; Octave Uzanne; Francois Courboin
Fashions of the Gilded Age by Frances Grimble (Editor)
Federalist and Regency Costume by R. L. Shep
The Handbook of Practical Cutting on the Centre Point System, (1866) by Louis Devere; R. L. Shep (Editor, Introduction by)
Ladies' Hand Book of Fancy and Ornamental Work by Florence Hartley; R. L. Shep (Editor)
Ladies' Self Instructor in Millinery and Mantua Making, Embroidery and Applique (1853) by R. L. Shep (Editor)
The Lady's Stratagem by Frances Grimble (Editor)
Late Georgian Costume by J. Wyatt; H. Le Blanc; R. L. Shep (Editor)
Late Victorian Women's Tailoring by T. H. Holding; R. L. Shep (Editor)
Reconstruction Era Fashions by Frances Grimble (Editor)
Shirts and Men's Haberdashery, 1840s to 1920s by R. L. Shep; Gail Cariou
Women's Costume 1877-1885 by Charles Hecklinger; R. L. Shep (Editor)

American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs by Priscilla Harris Dalrymple
Darlings of Dress by Norma Shephard
Dressed for the Photographer by Joan L. Severa
Dressed to Impress, 1840-1914 by Christina Walkley
Everyday Fashion in Found Photographs by Lisa Hodgkins
Fashion in Photographs, 1860-1880 by Miles Lambert
Fashion in Photographs, 1880-1900 by Sarah Levit
Fashion Timeline Photographs 1850 to Today by C. Kilbank
Victorian Dress in Photographs by Madeleine Ginsburg
Victorian Fashion in America by Kristina Harris (Editor)
Victorian Women's Fashion Photos CD-ROM and Book by Dover Publications Inc. Staff
New York Public Library Digital Collections
NYPL has extensive digital collections which include photographs and ephemera. Useful searches include "fashion plates" and "portraits" or search by proper names.
Schomburg Daguerreotype Collection
The Schomburg (NYPL) Daguerreotype collection dates from the 1840s to 1850s, and consists of seventeen daguerreotypes which depict individuals, most of whom are Black, in a posed portrait style.

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