Edvard Munch, Vampire, 1894
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Edvard Munch, "The Day After", 1894-95
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Green velvet dinner dress, 1894-1896, French.
Designed by Jeanne Hallée.
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Magnolias abloom. 1894. Cover detail.
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Design House: House of Worth (French, 1858–1956); Designer: Jean-Philippe Worth (French, 1856–1926)
Date: 1894
Medium: Silk
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Alexandra Feodorovna’s Wedding Dress
“Her wedding dress was a magnificent creation; the outfit was so intricate that it took nearly an hour for Alexandra to dress. Her stockings were of lace, her shoes embroidered and decorated. Over these she wore layers of stiff petticoats. The wide, full skirt of silver brocade opened from the waist down to reveal a second underskirt of silver tissue, edged with fur. The décolletage was cut low, to reveal the neck and shoulders, and the gown had short sleeves trailing ermine-edged tippets. The tightly fitted, boned bodice was sewn with diamonds which sparkled with every move. The folds of the overskirt fell back to form a train, and a separate, sweeping court train of cloth-of-gold edged with ermine fell from her shoulders. Over this, Alexandra wore the imperial mantle of cloth-of-gold, lined and edged with ermine. These robes were so heavy that four pages had to help carry them.
Alexandra wore her hair swept back to emphasise her graceful neck and shoulders. Two long, twin side curls were attached to her own hair. Her long veil of tulle was held in place by a Russian Kokoshnik tiara, of diamonds set in platinum, and the Romanov nuptial crown of diamonds sewn on crimson velvet. Alexandra also wore a number of diamond brooches on the front of her gown, along with the jewelled chain of the Order of St. Andrew and strings of pearls around her neck. These jewels, as well as the tiara, had been wedding gifts from the late tsar, costing some 300,000 rubles ($150,000). She also wore the imperial riviére, a diamond necklace of 475 carats, and a pair of matching earrings. The earrings were so heavy, in fact, that they had to be supported by wires around the ears, which slowly cut into the flesh as the day wore on. Around her tiara, Alexandra wore a wreath of orange blossoms, brought from the Imperial Conservatory in Warsaw. Across the dress stretched the red ribbon of the Order of St. Catherine.”
[Greg King, The Last Empress: The Life and Times of Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia]
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Pierre Bonnard, Jeune Femme Endormie, 1894
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Silver silk tea gown, 1894, French.
Designed by Jean-Philippe Worth.
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"Greek scrolls." Nature in ornament. 1894.
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