Ed note:  This is a submission!  Thanks for finding and showing us this lovely plate, Elizabeth!  

Taylor,

Have you seen this one from KA? http://www.antique-fashion.com/Antique-Fashion/home.htm

On the sidebar, click Ephemera. It’s #1201P3  Fashion Print   c. 1825-1830

By Charles Bretherton, 1782, via the British Museum. 

(Thanks to sew18thcentury.com for posting this!)

“The Bumless Beauties” 1788 probably by Thomas Rowlandson, The Lewis Walpole Library

(Thanks to sew18thcentury.com for posting this!)

damesalamode:

Fashions of London and Paris, Head Dresses, October 1805. 

Proof that basic black doesn’t have to be boring!  My favorite is actually the little tiara on the bottom right!

damesalamode:

Fashions of London and Paris, London Head Dresses, April 1799. 

These are adorable little things!

beyondthegoblincity:

A portrait of Charlotte Corday, signed ‘J. Piere’ and dated 1793.

What a wonderful bonnet! 

(via 18thcenturylove)

omgthatdress:

Bonnet

1820s

Augusta Auctions

Not knowing how to weave straw is one of the biggest disappointments of my life. 

geisterseher:

William Heath (1829)

This is what I see when I look at fashions from 1829.  Pretty sure it isn’t actually satire :)

(via theromantics)

Petit Courrier des Dames, 1834.

A wonderful collection of spring bonnets! Aren’t those colors just delicious?

Hat. Parasol. Bonnet. Jet Necklet. 1886 (Via NYPL)

Accessories I would be delighted to own!

Bonnets of the Season, Debenham & Freebody New Fashion Book, Autumn 1874. 

Via Archive.org

lauramcphee:

[Unidentified woman, about 30 years of age, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, wearing bonnet] Mathew Brady, c1844-60 

What a lovely portrait!

yeoldefashion:

A little girl’s warm wool coat and bonnet with a wonderful over-sized collar, 1895.

Look at the twee little bonnet!

omgthatdress:

Bonnet ca. 1835 via The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The quality of this is just staggering!  I am in awe of the craftsmanship. 

(via whipstitchsewing)