Mid-19th to 20th century court dress (Spain)

Image: Portrait of María del Carmen Azlor de Aragón, 15th Duchess of Villahermosa, by Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, 1877. Private collection, via Wikimedia Commons.

Court gown, by Worth, 1880, worn by Mrs. Frances Fairchild, wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild, for her presentation to the King and Queen of Spain. She can be seen wearing the gown in the photograph on right. Collection of Wisconsin Historical Society.