Victorian evening wear tapestry

I got this marvellous image from a stack of stack of 1890s-1910 mounted prints owned by a retired antiques dealer, many of which originally appeared in the newspapers of the time. True fact: back in the day, the Philadelphia Inquirer would publish full-size, full-colour prints ever Sunday. Some of what I have are these original Inquirer prints. However, this lovely image came from a magazine of the period, and was captioned ‘Handsome Evening Toilettes.’ I can’t find any clothing-related definition of that word. Nevertheless, something beautiful that looks great on all kinds of EVERYTHING. Wanna see more old? Here's the Facebook page for my store: www.facebook.com/the_olden_eye . And here's my blog: www.fullservicebohemian.blogspot.com