This cabinet card was not always treated with love. I don’t know what happened to it. Did it get stuck in a frame or album? Who knows. Luckily, the subject of the photo is intact.
The hair is 1880’s and the skirt seems to be natural form so I would place this in the early 1880’s.
I bought this card, in spite of the damage, because I really liked the detail on her bodice.
There are pin tucks on the upper sleeve and braiding or soutache on the body and cuffs of it. Very nice. Well fitted too.
