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  2. Victorian fashion - Wikipedia

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    The silhouette changed once again as the Victorian era drew to a close. The shape was essentially an inverted triangle, with a wide-brimmed hat on top, a full upper body with puffed sleeves, no bustle, and a skirt that narrowed at the ankles [11] (the hobble skirt was a fad shortly after the end of the Victorian era). The enormous wide-brimmed ...

  3. Marianne Skerrett - Wikipedia

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    She was a Dresser (lady's maid) to Queen Victoria between 1837 and 1862. [1] Biography. She was born in London to Walter Frye Skerrett and Albinia Mathias Skerrett ...

  4. Maid - Wikipedia

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    Illustration by William Thomas Smedley, 1906 La Toilette by Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, c. 1890 – c. 1900 A maid cleaning in Denmark in 1912. A maid, housemaid, or maidservant is a female domestic worker. In the Victorian era, domestic service was the second-largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work. [1]

  5. Scullery maid - Wikipedia

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    Duties of the scullery maid included the most physical and demanding tasks in the kitchen [1] such as cleaning and scouring the floor, stoves, sinks, pots, and dishes. After scouring the plates in the scullery, she would leave them on racks to dry. The scullery maid also assisted in cleaning vegetables, plucking fowl, and scaling fish. [4]

  6. 1700–1750 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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    The costume of the eighteenth century, if lacking in the refinement and grace of earlier times, was distinctly quaint and picturesque. [ 1 ] Distinction was made in this period between full dress worn at court and for formal occasions, and undress or everyday, daytime clothes.

  7. Russian Court Dress - Wikipedia

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    Countess and maid of honour Varvara Golovina writes that during the coronation "everyone was in full dress: court dresses appeared for the first time." [2] The first mentions of 'Russian dress' date back to the 1700s, meaning an outfit that borrowed the cut and some features from traditional Russial folk costume, and looked like a Sarafan.

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