Mystery woman - please date the dress

[PrueM]

Ringlets 1840s-early 60s but it did vary depending on whether older women thought they suited them or not...I've got a mid-late 60s photo of a woman in her 30s wearing some very dire looking ringlets - looks like a drowned rat! 

I'm going mid-late 60s for the photo because the skirt is still very full but simple in comparison to anything from the 1870s; the hairstyle is typical 1860s, and the fact that the hair is completely above/behind the ears suggests it's not early 60s.

[Rabbit B]

Confirmed 

Interesting photo with a lovely detailed background, and the lady's dress is absolutely gorgeous 

Prue

Hi Prue,

As a matter of interest does this skirt look like silk to you?

Rabbit B 

[PrueM]

Hi Rabbit 

I'd say so - I suppose it could be a cotton or a cotton-silk blend but my first impression is that it's silk.

[Rabbit B]

Thank you Prue,

It has that lovely silk sheen about it doesn't it.

I wonder if those daisies would have been hand made by crochet or something, any ideas?

Rabbit B 

[chinakay]

I'm going to jump in on the dating...can't resist this dress I'm going to say after about 1865 when the hairstyle started showing the ears, and before about 1868 when the huge crinoline started to disappear. So 1865-1868ish

Cheers,
China

[Niksmum]

what a great photo

Irene

[Rabbit B]

That's better Irene,

Now I can see it properly.

Thank you, for the sake of my eyes!

Rabbit B 

[Niksmum]

when you see such a great photo...well, you just have to add some color don't you? 

Irene

[Rabbit B]

That is really beautifull Irene,

It brings the whole picture alive.

Rabbit B