Morning and Evening Dresses – 1811

Women in morning and evening dress from 1811. The woman on the left wears a long, white, high-collared dress. She wears a long, pale yellow shawl that reaches almost to the ground and entirely covers her arms and shoulders. She wears black flat shoes with small bows and a blue bonnet. The woman on the right wears a long, pink, empire-waist dress. The dress has wide, white decorative bands or ribbon along the hem and vertically down the front. The woman wears white shoes with small bows and long white gloves. She holds a fan in her left hand. She wears a pink shawl with white ribbon details, similar to the dress. She wears a large pink hat with pink feathers.

Credit: The Claremont Colleges