Victorian Fashion Illustration - 1870s Woman’s Day Dress with Elaborate Trim #3527539 (License: Personal Use)

This detailed woodcut illustration depicts a well-dressed Victorian woman circa 1875-1880, wearing a high-necked, long-sleeved gown with prominent leg-of-mutton sleeves, a fitted waist, and a floor-length skirt adorned with vertical bands of scrolling motifs, fringe, and woven patterns. Her hair is styled in an elaborate updo with braided side pieces, and she stands gracefully beside a turned-wood spindle-back chair, suggesting domestic elegance or a formal portrait setting.

Commonly used in digital archives, museum exhibitions, fashion history blogs, and educational resources on 19th-century clothing; serves users researching Victorian dress, costume design, or social customs of the Gilded Age.