Bodice donated by the estate of Katherine Deyo Cookingham Downer. Description: Dusty pink bodice with pink satin trim and yellow and blue flowers; ruffled yoke extends from neck, over shoulder and tapers down to waist; shoulders also trimmed with...
Needlework is silk embroidery and watercolor on silk of a scene from "Lady of the Lake," by Sir Walter Scott's. The needlework is titled on the bottom of the glass "Hylah Bevier., Blanche and Fitz James, 1813,"" note that Bevier is spelled wrong....
Seville B. Shippey wore a dark dress with ruffled satin trim for her school portrait. Her hair, piled atop her head, is very curly. She wears glasses and earrings. She began teaching in Nyack in 1871 or 1872.
Mary E. Sprott, gazing left, has her single braid of hair piled atop her head. Her dress has a double satin ruffle. She began teaching in 1872 and was in the Nyack school system for many years.
A woman sits at a table, her left hand holding her chin and her right hand holding a book. Her dark, satin dress is trimmed with only a little lace and a row of buttons. Her hair was braided and then pulled back into a bun.This is a lovely...
A young woman stands with her hand on the back of a chair. Her satin dress is trimmed around the sleeves and bodice. Her hair has been braided and pulled into a loose bun.
This full length portrait of an unknown woman is one of the most elegant in the Perry collection.The style of the dress and the hair are of the 1870s or 1880s. The dark or black satin dress is gorgeous, with gathers and puckers and lace trim. This...
For her studio portrait,this young lady stands by a draper. She is wearing a voluminous satin dress that is bedecked with lines of velvet ribbons - on the bodice, the sleeves, and above the hem. Her long black hair is parted sharply in the center...
Cabinet photographs; Studio props; Furniture; Children; Families; Portrait photographs;
Cabinet card depicts a studio portrait of three children. The youngest girl, wearing a satin dress with lace details, sits on an upholstered chair with tassels around the bottom. An older girl, wearing a simple dark dress with a tie detail at the...
