1840s silk dresses, with focus on fan pleated bodices and shot silk
- Blue/golden shot silk day dress, ca. 1849, probably USA. From The Museum at FIT (P86.37.1)
- Blue/purple shot silk day dress, ca. 1845, England. From The Kyoto Costume Institute (AC4474.83-11-10)
- Golden/beige evening dress, ca. 1845, USA. From The Museum at FIT (P88.25.3)
- Portrait of Cecilie Birgitte Mathiesen, née Boldt, 1845-50. Painted by David Monies. From Linderud Manor, Oslo.
- Portrait of Agnes Hedevig Mathiesen, née Ruwald, 1845-50. Painted by Friedlander. From Linderud Manor, Oslo.
- Portrait of Juliane Elise Larpent, née Mathiesen, 1845-50. Painted by David Monies. From Linderud Manor, Oslo.
- Rust/blue shot silk afternoon dress, ca. 1845, USA. From The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2009.300.933)
- Green/brown day dress, 1840s. From The Shippensburg University Fashion Archives and Museum (SUFAM).
- Green day dress, 1840s. From The Tasha Tudor Collection, at the 2012 Whitaker Auction.
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