During the 1840s, Victorian day dresses featured form-fitting sleeves, sometimes so restricting that tiny pleats were inserted at the elbow to aid in movement. Dresses had a fan-front (gathered) bodice that formed a point below …

For more than 50 years, Colonial Williamsburg’s guests have enjoyed touring Duke of Gloucester Street in the manner and fashion of the 18th century, as passengers on one of the Foundation’s horse-drawn coaches. The coach …

An early 19th century design for an outdoor aviary features a quaint water pond for goldfish and is ornamented by a fountain, roses and flowering shrubs.

A collection of daguerreotypes of men, women, and children taken between 1840 and 1860 is analyzed in “My Likeness Taken: Daguerreian Portraits in America” to clarify datable clothing and fashion components. With subjects from among …