cabinet photograph

Byrne & Co

Summary

3/4 length portrait of a woman wearing mourning dress leaning against the back of a stand with a velvet upholstered top. Interior backdrop with a drape to the right and a small wooden table. The woman wears her hair back in a chignon and she is wearing a black wool dress with a fitted bodice, round neck, white standing collar and full length fitted sleeves. Her bodice fastens centre front with covered buttons and is trimmed with a panel of crape down the centre front. Her sleeve cuffs are made up of crape and pleated crape and her skirt is pleated at the side with a centre front drape. Her skirt has a bustle and a pleated crape underskirt.