Photo of the younger three daughters of Duchess of Berry Carolina - Clementina, Francesca and Maria Isabella Lucchesi Palli
The Duchess of Berry remarried to became the Duchess della Grazia, mother of five children of whom four survived to adulthood. These girls were born in 1835, 1836, and 1838, suggesting this photo dates to onset of the crinoline era in the middle to later 1850s.
Posted to Foro Dinastias by Gorje San on 15 November 2011.
This photo shows early crinoline day dresses when the designers were delighted to expand skirts and sleeves.
Keywords: Italian, straight coiffure, hair net, high neckline, bows, collar, jacket bodice, buttons, pagoda sleeves, long puffed under-sleeves, vee waistline, crinoline, ruching, pin