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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 25006, member: 44"]I hadn't thought of Currier & Ives! When I do think C & I, my first thought is rural winter scenes. I forget they did many other themes including portraits of women as well as disasters, Civil War, ships, trains, horses, etc... Thank you, for a possibly lead. </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess I hadn't really thought American on this woman. A dark haired dark eyed continental beauty was in mind. I know Germany did a lot of these snuff boxes as well as France and England. No doubt done in USA also. I think that style hat dates around 1870. A bit similar to a couple of them on the following plate from an 1869 edition of <i>The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine</i>:</p><p><a href="http://www.fashion-era.com/images/1869/1869_lindsay_hats.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fashion-era.com/images/1869/1869_lindsay_hats.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.fashion-era.com/images/1869/1869_lindsay_hats.jpg</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>With those tresses down the back, her hair style may be 1870s also. </p><p><a href="http://ladiesof2318.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/1870s-late-victorian/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ladiesof2318.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/1870s-late-victorian/" rel="nofollow">http://ladiesof2318.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/1870s-late-victorian/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 25006, member: 44"]I hadn't thought of Currier & Ives! When I do think C & I, my first thought is rural winter scenes. I forget they did many other themes including portraits of women as well as disasters, Civil War, ships, trains, horses, etc... Thank you, for a possibly lead. I guess I hadn't really thought American on this woman. A dark haired dark eyed continental beauty was in mind. I know Germany did a lot of these snuff boxes as well as France and England. No doubt done in USA also. I think that style hat dates around 1870. A bit similar to a couple of them on the following plate from an 1869 edition of [I]The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine[/I]: [url]http://www.fashion-era.com/images/1869/1869_lindsay_hats.jpg[/url] With those tresses down the back, her hair style may be 1870s also. [url]http://ladiesof2318.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/1870s-late-victorian/[/url] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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