Fashions – Autumn 1844

Five women are depicted. The woman at the top left wears a light blue dress, white gloves, and has her hair in an elaborate bun. The dress is off the shoulder with short sleeves edged in white lace and a wide white lace collar. The woman at the top middle wears a green bonnet with a pink dress. The dress has a high, round neck with white lace and has pink ruffles around the shoulders, sleeves, and cuffs. The woman at the top right has her hair in an elaborate knotted bun with ringlets on the sides decorated with pink flowers.

Her dress is blue, off the shoulder, and edged in white lace at the collar and the hems of the short sleeves. She wears gloves and a bracelet. The woman at the bottom left wears a white bonnet with a large plume, a green dress covered with a black mantelet. The woman at the bottom right wears a yellow bonnet with a lavender dress with layered capped sleeves and a layered skirt, trimmed with three rows of narrow black ribbon on hems, bodice, and sleeves.

Credit: The Claremont Colleges