Chris Woodyard
@hauntedohiobook
Author A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death & The Victorian Book of the Dead. Ghosts, death, mourning, costume, Forteana. Podcast: Boggart and Banshee
11-03-2013 16:16:08
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#TheVictorianBookoftheDead The coloring of this faille and velvet ensemble, c. 1878, by Amedee François suggests luxe half-mourning, although the museum does not mention such a provenance.
philamuseum.org/collection/obj…