cabinet photograph

Emberson & Sons

Summary

Full length portrait of a woman wearing an evening dress and seated on a wooden chair beside a fur rug and against a painted studio backdrop of an interior wall with drapes. The woman has wavy hair worn up with a decorative hair comb and full sides and front and she is wearing a large black hat with a wide brim and fine black feathers at the front (possibly ostrich) she is wearing a black silk dress with a fitted bodice with a high standing collar and long flared sleeves. Her bodice is made up of ruched silk and her sleeves are fitted to the elbow. She wears a pleated skirt with a slight train and 3 rows of horizontal ruching. She wears a long silver chain around her neck and black gloves with silver bracelets. See 2008.40.6.1259 for the same subject in a different pose.