A half-mourning dress, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum. The black accents of a mid 1890s gown & the violet silk proclaiming loss whilst at the same time indicating that a period of time has passed. The wearer is no longer in full mourning so this colour palette is acceptable [1565×3720]
by Fuckoff555
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[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/106673](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/106673)
Gotta love those revolutionary aniline-family dyes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauveine
EDIT: Funny how OP and I have different reactions to this sort of thing.
How does one define the period of mourning? What is half-mourning? Keeping it together but being down in the evenings?
Wow that design on the front is striking!